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Snowstorm

Occurrence in Plumas 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10034138
MRDS ID M020846
Record type Site
Current site name Snowstorm
Related records 10261646

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77771, 40.19265 (WGS84)
Elevation 1396
Relative position ABOUT 1 1/2 SOUTH OF ENGELSBY RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moonlight Peak(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 027N 011E 17,18,19,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77771, 40.19265
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1920 : 1200 FT. ADIT, PLANNED TO BE CONTINUED TO LENGTH OF 2,000 FT. WHERE DEPTH BELOW SURFACE WILL BE 1,000 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 289

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 469 - 470

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ORE BODY FOUND YET: THEY WERE BASING THEIR WORK AND THEIR EXPECTATIONS ENTIRELY ON THE FACT THAT THEIR TUNNEL WAS ONLY 1000 FT. SE OF ENGELS SUPERIOR NO. 2 CLAIM, AND THAT THE ROCK WAS OF THE SAME CHARACTER. COMPRISED OF 450 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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