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Lone Star

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077594
MRDS ID W025296
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Star
Related records 10165486

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.54943, 40.68763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 006W 27 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result RANGE
Result .62 - 6.89 % CU, AVERAGE 3.74 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.54943, 40.68763
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Small Faults, A Prominent, Steeply Dipping East - West Fault Is Exposed In Surface Cuts North Of Ore Body, North Side Thought To Be Downthrown Block.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 25.91M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BOTH PORPHYRITIC AND NON-PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE ARE LIGHT-GREEN SILICEOUS WEAKLY FOLIATED ROCKS. TUFFACEOUS SHALE OCCURS NORTH OF ORE BODY, IT IS POORLY EXPOSED, BUFF-COLORED WITHOUT DISTINCT BEDDING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN EXPOSED WHERE ORE BODY CROPS OUT ON A STEEP HILLSIDE.
Deposit NO ORE HAS BEEN MINED

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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Authoritative California resources

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