Akers Group

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077548
MRDS ID W025248
Record type Site
Current site name Akers Group
Related records 10207958

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.46804, 40.74263 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position 5 MILES WEST OF KENNETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(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 033N 005W 06,07 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 Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS THE MAJOR ORE COMPONENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 - 6 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Devonian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.46804, 40.74263

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Fractures Of The Rhyolithic Dikes In Greenstone.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN SMALL IRREGULAR ORE BODIES ALONG IRREGULAR FISSURES ONE OF WHICH TRENDS NORTH AND SOUTH, WITH A DIP OF 60 DEG EAST, THE OTHER HAVING A N 40 DEG W TREND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper - Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 113.316HA
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN TUNNELS RANGING FROM 20 - 350 FT. IN LENGTH. LOWEST TUNNEL HAS AN ELEVATION OF 1000 FT. AND THE HIGHEST 1600 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULL. 144 , PG. 326 .

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1920 , CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., REPORT 17 , PG. 516 .

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 6 (SHASTA) PG. 104 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, VOL. 22 , NO. 2 PG. 144 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN OUTCROPS ARE PREDOMINENT AND CAN BE FOLLOWED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-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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