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Lion

Past Producer in Colusa 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102832
MRDS ID M007134
Record type Site
Current site name Lion
Related records 10211409

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.5458, 39.32598 (WGS84)
Relative position N1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Colusa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gilmore Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 006W 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.5458, 39.32598
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1861

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. F. Easton
    First year 1908

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PICKED ORE SHIPPED IN EARLY DAYS. NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS (AN INCLINE, AND A VERTICAL), ORE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1914 : COLUSA COUNTY, 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 179

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 ; COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 224

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PROSPECTS IN NW1/4 ON MF-279; 1 PROSPECTS IN NE1/4 ON MF-279

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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