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Superior

Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109418
MRDS ID M020836
Record type Site
Current site name Superior
Alternate or previous names Engels
Related records 10034127

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.77465, 40.2032 (WGS84)
Relative position EAST SIDE OF LIGHTS CANYON, SOUTH OF ENGELMINE

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 15,16,17,18,19,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PYRITE ONLY KNOWN TO OCCUR IN ONE PLACE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Apatite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.77465, 40.2032
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N - S
    Dip VARIABLE TO THE EAST, AVG. 40 DEG.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures And Joint Planes

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAMPROPHYRE DIKES ; GEOL.DESC: MINE IS IN QTZ. MONZONITE FORMERLY KNOWN AS SUPERIOR GRANO-DIORITE, NEAR ITS SOUTHERN CONTACT WITH THE PRE-PLUTONIC ROCKS. SODA-GRANITE PORPHYRY AND LAMPROPHYRE DIKES INTRUDING THE QUARTZ MONZONITE ARE ALSO FOUND.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • INDIVIDUAL FIGURES FOR THE SUPERIOR ARE NOT AVAILABLE - ENGELS PRODUCTION FIGURES MOST LIKELY INCLUDE THOSE OF THE SUPERIOR MINES.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY FOLLOWING LEVELS A, 1 , 2 , 3 , AND 4 . NO. 2 ADIT IS AT LEVEL OF LIGHTS CREEK MAIN SHAFT AND PORTAL OF NO. 1 ADIT ARE 200 FT. ABOVE EAST END OF MILL. A LEVEL IS 300 FT. ABOVE NO. 1 STOPES ARE 200 - 300 FT. LONG BY 10 FT. WIDE AND 400 FT. HIGH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1924 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24 TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 275 - 278

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 599

  • Deposit

    MAC BOYLE, E., 1918 , PLUMAS COUNTY: 16 TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 55 - 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX VEINS, ROUGHLY PARALLEL, ONLY THE A VEIN OUTCROPS AT THE SURFACE, THE K VEIN IS OF INTEREST BECAUSE IT FLATTENS BEFORE REACHING THE SURFACE AND CONTINUES FOR SOME DISTANCE AS A HORIZONTAL VEIN. VEINS AVG. 8 - 12 FT. IN THICKNESS, AND ARE SHARPLY SET OFF THE QTZ. MONZONITE.

Reporter information

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

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