| Deposit ID | 10116552 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017584 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060890477 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Early Bird Mine |
| Related records | 10072349 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.5108, 40.73295 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 800 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shasta(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Whiskeytown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)
Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Shasta |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 033 N | 006 W | 11 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Silver | Primary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Sphalerite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -122.5108, 40.73295 |
|---|
| Thickness | 8M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 300M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 30M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1922 |
| District name | West Shasta District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Smelting, Refining And Mining Co. |
| First year | 1922 |
| Last year | 1925 |
| Type | Lessee/Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mason Valley Mines Co. |
| Year | 1977 |
| First year | 1926 |
| Last year | 1928 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060890477 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017584 | MAS references MRDS |
CLAWSON,R.F., 1969, SQUAW CR. CU INVESTIGATION, CAL. DEPT.
WATER RESOURCES MEM. REPORT, 29P..
ERIC,J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU DEPTS. OF CALIF., PART
THREE IN COPPER IN CALIF.,CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 144
P.197-387.
KINKLE,A.R., HALL,W.E., AND ALBERS,J.P.,1956, GEOL. AND BASE
METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA DIST., SHASTA CO.,CA.USGS PROF
PAPER 285, 156P..
MOORE,L.,1970, CU RES. AND PROD. OF WEST SHASTA MINING DIST.
USBM REPORT 85.
HILLMAN,C.T., SCHUMACHER,O.,AND GOSLING,B.,1977,THE WEST
SHASTA DIST., SHASTA CO.,CAL. USBM MAS REPORT 40P..
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEE MAS SEQ NO 0475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING. DATA SET G,DATA GRP G-TOB, COL 47 MASSIVE SULFIDE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hillman | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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