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Copper King Group

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033815
MRDS ID M020463
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King Group
Related records 10165181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.22803, 40.81485 (WGS84)
Elevation 671

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(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 034N 003W 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHARACTER OF ORE; COPPER CARBONATE, GOLD AND SILVER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.22803, 40.81485
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PORPHYRY ON HANGING WALL, GRANITE ON FOOTWALL.

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 Underground
    Length 10.97M
    Overall depth 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS; CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 9

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144; DIV. OF MINES, P. 329

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND PERTAINING TO THIS PROSPECT.

Reporter information

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

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