The Spread Eagle is a mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.71528, -122.48778
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Spread Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Spread Eagle
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
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: 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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Steeply Dipping Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 10 ADITS - SOME EXPLORATORY DRILLING DONE ALONG RIDGE NW OF MINE, NO ORE FOUND. LACK OF STOPES INDICATE MINABLE ORE NOT FOUND.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PROSPECT OCCURS NEAR GENTLY DIPPING GRADATIONAL CONTACT BETWEEN UPPER AND MIDDLE UNITS OF THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE, UPPER-MOST MIDDLE UNIT IS COARSE VOLCANIC BRECCIA, THE LOWER PART IS RHYOLITE ALTERNATING WITH PYROCLASTIC ROCKS. UPPER UNIT IS POORLY BEDDED TUFF. FOLIATION IN BOTH UNITS, MOST PRONOUNCED IN MIDDLE UNIT, WHERE IT STRIKES NE AND DIPS STEEPLY. MOST ROCKS HEAVILY PYRITIZED.
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN EXPOSED ON SURFACE 20 - 30 FT. THICK, EXPLORED BY ADITS.
Comment (Commodity): GOSSAN CONTAINS APPRECIABLE AMOUNT OF GOLD - FROM TRACE TO .575 OZ/TON.
References
Reference (Deposit): KINKEL, A. R., HALL, W. E., ALBERS, J. P., 1956 , GEOLOGY AND BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF;, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285 , PG. 144 - 146
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 109
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