The Asher is a mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Mine Info
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Asher MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Asher
Secondary: Jacksonian
Commodity
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East Shasta Copper-Zinc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ROCK CONTAINING HEAVILY DISSEMINATED SPHALERITE IS EXPOSED FOR A WIDTH OF ABOUT 2 FT. IN THE ADIT WHICH EXTENDS BENEATH U. S. HIGHWAY 299E.
Comment (Workings): FOUR UNPATENTED CLAIMS, AN INCLINED PROSPECT SHAFT WAS SUNK 60 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P. AND ROBERTSON, J. F., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, EAST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338 , PG. 88
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , PG. 685
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , 22ND REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR. PG. 192
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