| Deposit ID | 10189472 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025254 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060890237 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Golinsky |
| Alternate or previous names | Little Backbone, Backbone |
| Related records | 10077555 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.4433, 40.77375 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 560 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Shasta |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 034 N | 005 W | 28 | SWSW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| (1) | -122.4433, 40.77375 |
|---|
| Area | 10HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | West Shasta District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | No Knon Owner-Operator On Forest Service Land |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Asarco (American Smelting And Refining Co.) |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| First year | 1906 |
| Last year | 1907 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Backbone Gold Mining Co. 1935-1937 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Golinsky, B. |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| First year | 1904 |
| Type | Lessee/Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Nickery Brothers |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| First year | 1931 |
| Last year | 1935 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060890237 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025254 | MAS references MRDS |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,
FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP. (207-213).
CLAWSON, R. F., 1969, SQUAW CREEK COPPER INVESTIGATION:
CALIF. DEPT. WATER RESOURCES MEMOIR REPORT, 29 P.
ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIF.,
PART 3 IN COPPER IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144,
P197-387.
KINKLE, A. R., HALL W. E., AND ALBERS, J. P., 1956, GEOLOGY
AND BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC
DISTRICT: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 144, P. 197-387
HILLMAN, C. T., SCHUMACHER, O., AND GOSLING, B., 1977, THE
WEST SHASTA COUNTY CALIF. USBM MAS REPT 40 P.
MOORE, L. 1970, COPPER RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION OF WEST
SHASTA MINING DISTRICT: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 85
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Environmental Factors | THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE MAMMOTH MINE (INCLUDES THE FRIDAY-LOUDEN, MAIN MAMMOTH, GOSSAN, AND 300 ADITS), THE GOLINSKY MINE, AND THE SUTRO MINE. A SECONDARY SOURCE OF AMD IS SURFACE RUNOFF THAT PASSES THROUGH WAST ROCK DUMPS, TAILINGS PILES, AND DISTURBED AREAS. ABOUT 300 TO 400 GALLONS PER MINUTE (GPM), AND UP TO 900 GPM FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING WINTER, OF AMD THAT CONTAINS DISSOLVED HEAVY METALS (NOTABLY IRON, COPPER, ZINC, AND CADMIUM) ARE DISCHARGED FROM THE MAMMOTH COMPLEX INTO LITTLE BACKBONE CREEK AND SHOEMAKER GULCH. THE MOST ACIDIC WATERS DISCHARGING FROM THE MINE HAVE A PH OF 2.2. |
| Deposit | SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0320230475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 06-DEC-1994 | Hillman | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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