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Copper Group

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077101
MRDS ID W024536
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.71132, 40.03766 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4 MILES FROM GENESEE, EAST OF CALNAN GROUP.

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 14,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.71132, 40.03766
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OLD TUNNELS AND A WINZE DRIVEN YEARS AGO, 50 FT. OF LATER WORK ON A LOWER TUNNEL WHICH IS SAID TO BE SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. BELOW OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN BUNCHES IN VEIN
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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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