The King Copper Group is a mine located in Shasta county, California.
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Mine Info
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King Copper Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Copper Group
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, Pyritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A FEW LENTICULAR BODIES OF GOSSAN, THE MOST PROMISING IS ABOVE THE SECOND ADIT, IT OCCURS IN SILICIFIED PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE, IT IS 2 FT. THICK AND POSSIBLY 50 FT. IN STRIKE LENGTH, APPEARS LOCALIZED WHERE STEEP FOLIATION BENDS AND LIES FLAT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROCKS IN THE VICINITY ARE INTERLAYERED FLOWS OF PYROCLASTIC AND NONPORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE THAT CONTAIN MUCH PLOW BRECCIA AND SOME PYROCLASTIC MATERIAL. THESE ROCKS HAVE A STEEP FOLIATION, NO BEDDING.
Comment (Deposit): DILLER ( 1906 , PG. 13 ) REPORTS A SMALL ORE BODY TRENDING N 70 - 76 DEGREES W AND DIPPING 84 DEGREES SW. THIS ORE BODY HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED.
References
Reference (Deposit): KINKEL, A. R., HALL, W. E. AND ALBERS, J. P., 1956 , GEOLOGY AND BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285 , PG. 131 - 132
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