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Backbone

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  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 10102964
MRDS ID M020447
Record type Site
Current site name Backbone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44277, 40.77013 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES ABOVE KENNETT BY A DIRT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bohemotash Mountain(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 034N 005W 28,33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE IS THE MAJOR ORE COMPONENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.44277, 40.77013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DUE TO FLAT LYING NATURE OF THE ORE STRIKE AND DIPS ARE UNCERTAIN. IT PROBABLY STRIKES A LITTLE NORTH OF EAST AND DIPS TO THE SOUTH AT A SMALL ANGLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED A 50 - TON MACE FURNACE FOR A SHORT TIME IN 1937 NO PRODUCTION REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 129.504HA

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPLE DEVELOPMENT IS FROM 2 ADIT LEVELS, 100 FT. APART VERTICALLY. LOWER ADIT IS BELIEVED TO BE BELOW THE ORE BODY. CONSIDERABLE STOPING HAS BEEN DONE FROM THE UPPER ADIT. THE ADITS ARE ROUGHLY 300 FT. IN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, 35TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PG. 124 - 125

  • Production

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, 35TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PG. 124 - 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN ON SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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