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Great Verde

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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  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 10033836
MRDS ID M020484
Record type Site
Current site name Great Verde
Alternate or previous names Vulcan
Related records 10140501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.50721, 40.73318 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position IMMEDIATELY WEST OF SHASTA KING MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whiskeytown(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 033N 006W 11,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.50721, 40.73318
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE UPPER UNIT OF BALAKLALA RHYOLITE IS COMPOSED OF CRYSTAL TUFF. GOSSAN OCCURS IN PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE OF THE MIDDLE UNIT IN THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE, IN THIS AREA THE MIDDLE UNIT APPEARS RELATIVELY THIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name West Shasta Copper-Zinc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 762M

Comments on the workings information

  • 12 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, BULL. 50 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 98 - 100

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN FOUND IN UPPER WORKINGS AND EXPOSED IN SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. GOSSAN IN OUTCROP DERIVED FROM HEAVILY PYRITIZED ROCK RATHER THAN FROM A MASSIVE SULFIDE. SOME FLOAT BOULDERS OF GOSSAN FROM MASSIVE SULFIDE HAVE BEEN FOUND.
Deposit IN FOUR OF THE TUNNELS LOW-GRADE ORE WAS EXPOSED NEAR SURFACE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

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.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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