The U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co. is a mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 6,699 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: 6,699 Feet (2,042 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.96167, -120.68472
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U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: U.S. Smelting, Refining, and Mining Co.
Secondary: Lena
Commodity
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
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
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE FOUND IN BUNCHES
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED BY ADITS. UPPER ADIT 75 FT. BELOW OUTCROP IS A CROSSCUT FOR 210 FT. AND DRIFTED FOR 50 FT. ON VEIN. LOWER ADIT IS 350 FT. BELOW OUTCROP, 360 FT ON STRIKE FROM UPPER ADIT, ITS A CROSSCUT FOR 1200 FT. THERE IS A SHAFT 25 FT. DEEP FROM SURFACE AND A IRNZE SUNK 85 FT. FROM UPPER DRIFT.
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISED OF 136 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 137
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1920 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 468
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