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Clover Creek Copper Lease

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Iron
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033812
MRDS ID M020459
Record type Site
Current site name Clover Creek Copper Lease
Related records 10262390

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.00414, 40.68069 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 5 MILES SE OF INGOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 001W 29,32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OXIDES OF COPPER ABOVE WATER LEVEL, CHALCOPYRITE BELOW WATER LEVEL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 4.37 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.00414, 40.68069
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE IS CAPPED BY BASALT. EXPOSURE OF RHYOLITE IS ALONG A CHANNEL, CUT BY CLOVER CREEK. DIORITE DIKE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK, DIKE IS 40 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 97.128HA
    Length 27.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT EXPLORED BY ADIT DRIVEN 80 FT. SW, AND BY A WINZE 9 FT. DEEP 20 FT. FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MC K., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT. 17 , PG. 516

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROMINENT CROPPING OF ALASKITE WHERE ORE IS EXPOSED.

Reporter information

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

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