The Clover Creek Copper Lease is a mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,499 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.68083, -122.00306
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Clover Creek Copper Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clover Creek Copper Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East Shasta Copper-Zinc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 4.37 % CU
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OXIDES OF COPPER ABOVE WATER LEVEL, CHALCOPYRITE BELOW WATER LEVEL.
Comment (Deposit): PROMINENT CROPPING OF ALASKITE WHERE ORE IS EXPOSED.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT EXPLORED BY ADIT DRIVEN 80 FT. SW, AND BY A WINZE 9 FT. DEEP 20 FT. FROM PORTAL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: RHYOLITE IS CAPPED BY BASALT. EXPOSURE OF RHYOLITE IS ALONG A CHANNEL, CUT BY CLOVER CREEK. DIORITE DIKE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK, DIKE IS 40 FT. WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MC K., 1921 , SHASTA COUNTY IN REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. MIN. BUR. REPT. 17 , PG. 516
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 105
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