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Spread Eagle Mine

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
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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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116375
MRDS ID M020535
MAS/MILS ID 0060890476
Record type Site
Current site name Spread Eagle Mine
Related records 10033885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4889, 40.71515 (WGS84)
Elevation 1032

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shasta Dam(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 033 N 006 W 13 NWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Iron Primary
Silver Primary
Sulfur Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4889, 40.71515
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE SULFIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Mining district

District name West Shasta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U. V. Industries ( Formerly Us Smelt.,Ref, And Mining Co.)
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAWSON, R. F., 1969, SQUAW CR. CU. INV. CAL. DEP WATER RES.

  • Deposit

    MEM. REPORT 29P.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU DEP OF CAL. PART 3 IN CU

  • Deposit

    IN CAL.

  • Deposit

    DIV MINES BULL. 144, P. 197-387

  • Deposit

    KINKLE, A.R., HALL, W. E, & ALBERS, J P, 1956, GEO & BASE

  • Deposit

    METAL DEP. OF WEST SHASTA CU-ZN DIS. SHASTA CO. CAL USGS PP

  • Deposit

    285, 156P.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, L, 1970, CU RES & PRODUCTION OF W SHASTA MIN DIST

  • Deposit

    USBM REP 85

  • Deposit

    HILLMAN, C T, SCHUMACHER & GOSLING, B, 1977, THE WEST SHASTA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE MAS SEQUENCE NO. 006-089-0475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING. MASSIVE SULFIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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