Oregon Cons

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033868
MRDS ID M020518
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Cons
Related records 10237613

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.50277, 40.71679 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES WEST OF COPLEY

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 13,14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.50277, 40.71679

Economic information

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 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY, 14TH REPORT STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 770

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME SULFIDE ORE EXPOSED, EXTENT OF ORE BODY NOT DETERMINED.

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.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.