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Canyon Creek

Occurrence in Shasta 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033807
MRDS ID M020454
Record type Site
Current site name Canyon Creek
Alternate or previous names Consolidated Copper Co.
Related records 10213603

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.97859, 41.00513 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SW OF BIG BEND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McArthur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Alturas(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

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 036N 001W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GREEN COPPER MINERALS STAIN FRACTURES A FEW INCHES WIDE IN META-VOLCANIC ROCK.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.97859, 41.00513
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS 130 AND 30 FT. LONG, SEVERAL CUTS AND TRENCHES FAILED TO FIND ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY: CALIF. DIV. MINES REPT. 35 , PG. 126

  • Deposit

    LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SHASTA COUNTY CALIF. #6, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 105

Reporter information

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

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