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Pit River

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077525
MRDS ID W025221
Record type Site
Current site name Pit River
Related records 10189508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.1572, 40.77291 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES NE OF COPPER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 003W 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.1572, 40.77291
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper - Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 770 - 771

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME OXIDE ORE ON SURFACE CARRIES GOOD GOLD VALUES
Deposit ORE AND FORMATION SIMILAR TO BULLY HILL. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

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