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Blue Jacket

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077532
MRDS ID W025228
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket
Related records 10286816

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.27109, 40.77429 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position NEAR JUNCTION OF PIT AND MC CLOUD RIVERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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 004W 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS OF CU AND FE SULFIDES WITH TRACES OF AU & AG.

Analytical data

Result 25 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.27109, 40.77429
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 30 N
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE FOUND BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND PORPHYRY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper - Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., COPPER - SAN BERNARDINO AND SHASTA COUNTIES, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 69 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 104 .

Reporter information

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

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