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Kosk 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033854
MRDS ID M020504
Record type Site
Current site name Kosk Creek
Alternate or previous names Kosh
Related records 10214121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.9397, 41.04791 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NW 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 001W 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.9397, 41.04791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 60.96M

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 14 CLAIMS, A SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 15 FT. AND A TUNNEL STARTED IN KOSK CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 ; COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 108

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , COPPER-SHASTA AND SIERRA; 13TH REPORT STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NATIVE COPPER ON SURFACE, SULFIDES FOUND AT GREATER DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

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