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Sugarloaf and Homestake

Occurrence in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Copper, Zinc, 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033889
MRDS ID M020539
Record type Site
Current site name Sugarloaf and Homestake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.08026, 40.74541 (WGS84)
Elevation 533

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oak Run(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 033N 002W 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.08026, 40.74541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 DEG NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE ON HANGING WALL - RHYOLITE ON FOOTWALL

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
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 CLAIMS; SUGARLOAF GROUP; 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT CUTS SEVERAL FEET OF SILICEOUS ORE 1170 FT. OF DRIFTS. ON HOMESTAKE GROUP, TWO 25 FT. SHAFTS FULL OF WATER. IN ONE SHAFT, QUARTZ CONTAINS SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1939 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 34 - 35 , P. 162

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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