The Brushy Canyon Group is a mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Mine Info
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Brushy Canyon Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brushy Canyon Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East Shasta Copper-Zinc
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4 SAMPLES OF LIMONITE SHOWED 50 - 130 PPM CU, 90 - 270 PPM ZN AND NO LEAD.
Materials
Ore: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): COPPER AND ZINC BUT NO LEAD IN LIMONITE. THE PYRITE FOUND ON THE DUMP OF THE NORTHERNMOST ADIT IN SEC. 4 IS THE ONLY SULFIDE MINERAL SEEN IN THE AREA.
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN PROMINENT
Comment (Workings): THIS AREA EMBRACES A GROUP OF ADITS AND PITS, IT PROBABLY INCLUDES TWO PROSPECTS FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE DE DALLIS AND BRUSHY CANYON PROSPECTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SHALE AND MUDSTONE INTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZ KERATOPHYE FLOWS AND TUFF OF THE BULLY HILL RHYOLITE. THESE ROCKS ARE STRONGLY SILICIFIED AND CONTAIN LENSES OF RED AND BROWN LIMONITE.
Comment (Deposit): OWING TO THE ABUNDANCE OF LIMONITE AND THE INTENSELY SILICIFIED ROCK, THE AREA NW OF BRUSHY CANYON MUST BE REGARDED AS AT LEAST MODERATELY FAVORABLE GROUND FOR PROSPECTING AT DEPTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P. & ROBERTSON, J. F., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CA., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338 , PG. 88
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR. PG. 763
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, BULL. 144 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PG. 327
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