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Cortez

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077518
MRDS ID W025213
Record type Site
Current site name Cortez
Related records 10164996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.07248, 40.73597 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 002W 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.07248, 40.73597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN REFERENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 329

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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