Silver King

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077540
MRDS ID W025239
Record type Site
Current site name Silver King
Related records 10213553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.45026, 40.54818 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MI WEST OF REDDING, Est?, Est?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redding(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 031N 005W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • SHASTA COUNTY REPORT GIVES LOCATION AS BEING IN SEC 16(?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Argentite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Copley Greenstone;Mule Mountain Stock
    Rock description Copley Greenstone;Mule Mountain Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.45026, 40.54818

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 82E
    Length 45.72M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LAST SHIPMENT AVERAGED 17OZ/TON AG, 1% CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 295.66M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1939, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 35, NO. 2, P. 172.

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P.A., AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 6, P. 136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF A BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN FOLLOWING ANDESITE- DIKE CONTACT. AVERAGE WIDTH OF VEIN IS 2 FT. DEPOSIT TYPE IS UNKNOWN. POSSIBLY A POLYMETALLIC VEIN RELATED TO THE INTRUSION OF THE MULE MOUNTAIN STOCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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