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Mountain Meadows

Past Producer in Lassen county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102843
MRDS ID M009077
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Meadows
Alternate or previous names Coast Copper Co.
Related records 10260608

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.88049, 40.25487 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westwood East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lassen 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 Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 010E 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.88049, 40.25487
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. F. Huling, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION 1913-14; IDLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 100-FT. SHAFT, 900-FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1936 ; MINERAL RESOURCES OF LASSEN COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 32 , NO. 4 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 424

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 258

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1919 ; LASSEN COUNTY: 15TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 228 - 229

  • Production

    ERIC, J. H., 1948

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE PATENTED CLAIMS, COPPER QUEEN, NATIVE COPPER, COPPER KING, NATIVE COPPER NO. 2, COPPER LEDGE NO. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 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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