| Deposit ID | 10140509 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025289 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060890360 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Balaklava Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Balaklala Mine |
| Related records | 10077587 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.4919, 40.73875 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 731 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shasta(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Shasta Dam(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 | 12 | NWSESW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Tertiary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 184 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 28a |
| Deposit model name | Massive sulfide, kuroko |
| Mark3 model number | 93 |
| (1) | -122.4919, 40.73875 |
|---|
| Thickness | 35M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 610M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 150M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 15HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1890 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Flat Creek Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U. V Chemical Co. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1978 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060890360 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025289 | MAS references MRDS |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,
FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 P. (P. 215-2190.
CLAWSON R. F. 1969, SQUAW CR. CU INV CAL. DEP. WAT. RES.
MEM. REPORT, 29 P.
ERIC J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU DEP OF CALIF. PART 3 IN
CAL. CAL. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144 PGS. 197-387
KINKLE A. R., HALL W. E., AND ALBERS J. P., 1956, GEOL &
BASE METAL DEP OF WEST SHASTA CU-ZN DIS. SHASTA CO. CALIF.
USGS PROF. PAPER 285 156 P.
MOORE, L., 1970, CU RES & PRODUCTION OF W SHASTA MIN DIST
USBM REP. 85.
HILLMAN,C. T., SCHUMACHER & GOSLING B.; 1977, THE WEST
SHASTA DIST. SHASTA COUNTY CALIF. USBM MAS REPT 40 P.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Environmental Factors | THE BALAKLALA MINE HAS THREE MAIN PORTALS, THE WEIL PORTAL, WHICH WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN HAULAGE ADIT, AND THE UPPER AND LOWER WINDY CAMP PORTALS. A COLLAPSED STOPE HAS CREATED A LARGE INFILTRATION GALLERY CONSISTING OF TWO SINKHOLE-TYPE ENTRACES ABOVE THE WINDY CAMP PORTALS, CURRENTLY CALLED THE "GLORY HOLE." ACID MINE DRAINAGE DISCHARGED FROM ALL THREE PORTALS, ALTHOUGH THE WEIL PORTAL HAS NOW BEEN SEALED. ACID MINE DRAINAGE EVENTUALLY DISCHARGES INTO SHASTA LAKE VIA WEST SQUAW CREEK (SOUTH FORK). THE LOWER WINDY CAMP PORTAL DISCHARGES 250 TO 10,000 GPM OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE WHILE THE UPPER PORTAL DISCHARGES 50 TO 400 GPM OF DRAINAGE WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE WINDY CAMP WASTE DUMP. MONITORING DATA SHOW HIGHLY VARIABLE FLOW RATES AND METALS CONCENTRATIONS (COPPER, ZINC, CADMIUM, AND IRON). BALAKLALA CURRENTLY DISCHARGES WATER WITH A PH OF 2.6-2.9 WHICH CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 30 TO 90 PERCENT (SEASONAL VARIATION) OF THE HEAVY METALS IN WEST SQUAW CREEK. |
| Deposit | SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0060890475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 24-JUN-97 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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