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Copper King Claim

Producer in Siskiyou 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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111150
MRDS ID W025678
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Claim
Related records 10213379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.70361, 41.31567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scott Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N 007W 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 23 E
    Dip 73 W
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 50 TONS OF ORE ASSAYED 5 % CU AND $8 IN AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 96.01M
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY AN ADIT 300 FT. LONG ALONG QUARTZ VEIN ABOVE ADIT IS OLD SHAFT 15 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 342.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , MINES AND MINERALS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 43 , NO. 4 , P. 424.

Reporter information

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

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