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Shiner

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033939
MRDS ID M020591
Record type Site
Current site name Shiner
Related records 10287498

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.2842, 41.84566 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 12 MILES WEST OF HAMBURG BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slater Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 012W 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.2842, 41.84566
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30 E
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seiad

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO KNOWN VALUES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 16.188HA
    Length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SISKIYOU COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 820

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG GOSSAN CROPPINGS

Reporter information

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

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