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Arps Group

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077523
MRDS ID W025219
Record type Site
Current site name Arps Group
Related records 10164801

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.22331, 40.78096 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NORTH OF COPPER CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minnesota Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Pit(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 034N 003W 20,21,28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST., ADJOINS COPPER CITY CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite 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) -122.22331, 40.78096
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone Which Traverses The Bully Hill Rhyolite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name East - Shasta Copper - Zinc

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE AVERAGED $20/TON IN AU AND AG WITH A LOW COPPER CONTENT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 101.175HA
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • FIFTEEN PATENTED CLAIMS. DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SIX TUNNELS, TWO SHAFTS AND SEVERAL CROSSCUTS AND WINZES AGGREGATING OVER 3000 FT. MOST EXTENSIVE WORKINGS CONFINED TO THE GLOBE, HEARST AND KAISER WILHELM CLAIMS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , PG. 685 .

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, VOL. 22 , NO. 2 , PG. 145 .

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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