The Uncle Sam is a copper mine located in Tehama county, California.
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Mine Info
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Uncle Sam MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
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
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): ON REDDING GEOLOGIC MAP DEPOSIT LIES EITHER IN LOWER CRETACEOUS MARINE STRATA OR IN A FAULT SLIVER OF OLDER MATERIAL ; GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE FOOTWALL, GREENSTONE HANGING WALL
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MAY BE A MASSIVE SULFIDE, BUT THERE IS INSUFFICIENT DATA TO DETERMINE MODEL TYPE
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, 60, 300, AND 114 FT, WITH 200 FT OF DRIFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1946, MINES AND MINING IN TEHAMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 42, NO. 3, P. 189.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144, P. 348.
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