St. John

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033886
MRDS ID M020536
Record type Site
Current site name St. John

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.01219, 40.76958 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 1/2 MILES NE OF INGOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 034N 001W 30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 19 % ZN - PICKED SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.01219, 40.76958

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 18.29M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 216

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTED ON SURFACE

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

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