The Friday-Lowden Group is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 2,001 Feet (610 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.75333, -122.45889
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Friday-Lowden Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Friday-Lowden Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West 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: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): OXIDE ORE CARRIED CONSIDERABLE GOLD
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Workings): 13 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN., CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 765
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. & O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 106
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