Grab

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Sulfur, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10213838
MRDS ID W025292
MAS/MILS ID 0060890364
Record type Site
Current site name Grab
Alternate or previous names Stowell Mine, Western Consolidated Group
Related records 10077590

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.5511, 40.71235 (WGS84)
Elevation 750
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

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)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033 N 006 W 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Silver Primary
Sulfur Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.5511, 40.71235

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8M
    Length 95M
    Width 16M
    Depth to top 91M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PYRITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1848
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name West Shasta District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U. V. Industries (Formerly U. S. Smelting And Refining Co.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLAWSON,R.F.,1949,SQUAW CREEK COPPER INVESTIGATION:CAL.DEPT.

  • Deposit

    WATER RES. MEMORANDUM REPT.,29P.

  • Deposit

    ERIC,J.H.,1948,TABULATION OF COPPER DEPTS. OF CAL. PART 3 IN

  • Deposit

    COPPER IN CALIF.: CAL. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144,P.197-387.

  • Deposit

    KINKEL,A.R., HALL,W.E., AND ALBERS, J.P., 1956, GEOL. AND

  • Deposit

    BASE METAL.

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA CU/ZN DIST.,SHASTA CO., CA.: U.S.G.S

  • Deposit

    PROF. PAPER 285, 156P.

  • Deposit

    MOORE, L., 1970, COPPER RESERVES AND PRODUCTION COSTS OF

  • Deposit

    THE WEST SHASTA MINING DIST.: U.S.B.M. REPORT, 85P.

  • Deposit

    HILLMAN,C.T., SCHUMACHER,O., AND GOSLING,B., 1977, THE WEST

  • Deposit

    SHASTA DIST.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING METHOD CAN BE OBTAINED FROM MAS SEQ. NO. 006-089-0475. REC.080 COL 19-20 MASSIVE SULPHIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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