The Deep Pit Deposits is a iron mine located in Shasta county, California.
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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
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Deep Pit Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deep Pit Deposits
Secondary: Peterson Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Government
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHORT ADITS
Comment (Commodity): SOME COPPER MINERALS IN ADIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN
Comment (Deposit): MAYBE SAME AS WOOD PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129, DIV. OF MINES, P.
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A. AND O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CA., COUNTY REPT. 6, CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 132
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