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Pioneer

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033871
MRDS ID M020521
Record type Site
Current site name Pioneer
Alternate or previous names Mc Clure
Related records 10140937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.20248, 40.80874 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTH OF COPPER CITY

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 10,15,16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.20248, 40.80874
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE AND FORMATION SIMILAR TO BULLY HILL

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
    Area 64.752HA
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS HAVE EXPOSED SOME GOOD ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 769

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJOINS BULLY HILL MINE ON THE NORTHEAST. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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