Marshall and Waters

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033860
MRDS ID M020510
Record type Site
Current site name Marshall and Waters
Alternate or previous names Chalcosa Group
Related records 10237817

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52054, 40.71735 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES W. OF SHASTA DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 033N 006W 14,15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52054, 40.71735

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 64.752HA
    Length 121.92M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1916 , SHASTA COUNTY; CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT. 14 , PG. 769

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF. #6 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 107

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND ON COMMODITY OR DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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