Shasta Kennett

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. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033880
MRDS ID M020530
Record type Site
Current site name Shasta Kennett
Related records 10159422

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.39749, 40.76374 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH 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

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 005W 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.39749, 40.76374

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 32.376HA
    Length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT 470 FT. WORKINGS 230 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY CALIFORNIA, COUNTY REPT. 6 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 108

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH SOME IRON AND COPPER SULFIDES

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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.