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Cooper Hill

Past Producer in Lassen county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030732
MRDS ID M009076
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Hill
Related records 10235935

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.85661, 40.26376 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 9 MI. SE OF WESTWOOD. TUNNEL AND PROSPECT SYMBOLS IN NE1/4 OF SEC.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lassen(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fredonyer Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower 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 Lassen

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 010E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.85661, 40.26376
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Length 914.4M
    Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.C., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 144, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1921, LASSEN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU 17TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 507-508.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED COPPER MINERALIZATION
Deposit DEPOSIT THOUGHT TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE ENGLES COPPER BELT. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit MRDS RECORD W017793 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere W. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 31-MAY-1995 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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