Wilcox Pit & Mill

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Pumice
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165519
MAS/MILS ID 0060890294
Record type Site
Current site name Wilcox Pit & Mill
Alternate or previous names Brush Mountain Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.46077, 40.73676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Station(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper 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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 005 E 05 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • CASSEL ROAD, 5 MILES EAST OF BURNEY OFF HIGHWAY 299

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.46077, 40.73676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Packway Materials, Inc.
    ID 404201
    Home office California
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1979

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY IS CINDERS MINED FOR DECORATIVE ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 03/06/2024
MSHA mine ID0404201
Mine name (MSHA)Packway Portable
Current operatorPackway Materials Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard F Hathaway Jr
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative California resources

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