Copper King

Occurrence in Plumas 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034125
MRDS ID M020831
Record type Site
Current site name Copper King
Related records 10236942

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69215, 40.03766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 5 MILES FROM GENESEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Genesee Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 011E 12,13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69215, 40.03766

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Length 6.71M
    Width 6.71M
    Depth to top 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • U.S. SMELTING, REFINING AND MINING CO., BONDED THE CLAIMS IN 1920 THEY FOUND A BUNCH OF 4 % CU ORE, 30 FT. DEEP, 22 FT. LONG AND 22 FT. WIDE, THEY SANK THROUGH THIS BUNCH, DROVE PAST IT AND GAVE UP THE BOND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144; DIV. OF MINES, P. 286

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 463 - 464

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE COMPRISED OF 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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