Copper

Occurrence in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077099
MRDS ID W024534
Record type Site
Current site name Copper
Related records 10115918

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7116, 40.03099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tetrahedrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. AND 500 FT. TUNNEL, ALONG WITH A 200 FT. SHAFT SAID TO BE CAVED. SOME OPEN CUTS ABOVE TUNNEL DUMP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 270 - 271

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS CARRING TETRAHEDRITE, VEIN CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN TRACED FOR 500 FT.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMPRISED OF 120 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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