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Shasta King 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165129
MRDS ID W025290
MAS/MILS ID 0060890361
Record type Site
Current site name Shasta King Mine
Related records 10077588

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.498, 40.72705 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 12 W2C California

Commodities

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

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.498, 40.72705
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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 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #3 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Thickness 8M
    Length 150M
    Width 70M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 30M
    Field Value
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Squaw Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silver King Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,

  • Deposit

    FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP. (P. 215-219).

  • Deposit

    SHASTA CU-ZN DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285, P. 156.

  • Deposit

    KINKLE, A.R. AND HALL, W.E. 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA

  • Deposit

    KING MINE, CA., LIF., DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 16,

  • Deposit

    11 P.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, L. 1970 CU RESERVES & PRODUCTION OF WEST SHASTA

  • Deposit

    MINING DISTRICT, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 85.

  • Deposit

    HILLMAN, C.T., SCHUMACHER, O., GOSLING, B., 1977, THE WEST

  • Deposit

    SHASTA DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF. U.S. BUREAU OF

  • Deposit

    MAS REPORT, 40 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC. 080 COL. 19-20 MASSIVE SULFIDE
Environmental Factors THE SHASTA KING MINE LIES NORTHEAST OF THE BALAKLALA MINE, ACROSS WEST SQUAW CREEK. ONE OF THE EIGHT ADITS OCCASIONALLY DISCHARGES 0.34 TO 50 GPM OF ACID WATER INTO WEST SQUAW CREEK DURING WINTER AND SPRING. ACID MINE DRAINAGE EVENTUALLY DISCHARGES INTO SHASTA LAKE VIA WEST SQUAW CREEK (SOUTH FORK). DISCHARGES FROM THE SHASTA KING MINE ARE THOUGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR A MAXIMUM OF 6.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL HEAVY METALS IN WEST SQUAW CREEK, ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAMPLE THE DISCHARGE DURING PERIODS OF HIGH RUNOFF. BECAUSE OF DETERIORATED AND COLLAPSED ROADS, ACCESS TO THIS MINE IS NOW VERY DIFFICULT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-DEC-1994 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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