The Great Verde is a mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,499 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: 1,499 Feet (457 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.73333, -122.50611
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Great Verde MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Verde
Secondary: Vulcan
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West 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
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN FOUND IN UPPER WORKINGS AND EXPOSED IN SEVERAL SHORT ADITS. GOSSAN IN OUTCROP DERIVED FROM HEAVILY PYRITIZED ROCK RATHER THAN FROM A MASSIVE SULFIDE. SOME FLOAT BOULDERS OF GOSSAN FROM MASSIVE SULFIDE HAVE BEEN FOUND.
Comment (Workings): 12 CLAIMS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE UPPER UNIT OF BALAKLALA RHYOLITE IS COMPOSED OF CRYSTAL TUFF. GOSSAN OCCURS IN PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE OF THE MIDDLE UNIT IN THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE, IN THIS AREA THE MIDDLE UNIT APPEARS RELATIVELY THIN.
Comment (Deposit): IN FOUR OF THE TUNNELS LOW-GRADE ORE WAS EXPOSED NEAR SURFACE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA, BULL. 50 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., PG. 98 - 100
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