The Early Bird is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,700 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,700 Feet (823 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.71667, -122.51667
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Early Bird MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Early Bird
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West Shasta Copper - Zinc
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1928
Time Period: 1925 - 1928
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^3.4 % Cu, .034 Oz/Ton Au, 2.0 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1925
Time Period: 1922 - 1925
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^10.27 % Cu, .015 Oz/Ton Au, .41 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Form: TABULAR/BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Divides Ore Body, South Porphyritic Rhyolite Which Is Overlain By A Flow Of Nonporphyritic Rhyolite.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS LARGELY PYRITE WITH CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE OCCUR INTERSTITIAL TO PYRITE.
Comment (Production): ORE FROM FOUR DRILL HOLES AVERAGED .03 OZ/TON AU, 1.53 OZ/TON AG AND 3.01 % CU
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY PROBALY OCCURS BETWEEN 200 - 300 FT. STRATIGRAPHICALLY BELOW SHALE OF KENNETT FORMATION. THE ORE IS DENSE, METALLIC LOOKING AND STRUCTURELESS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IS IN LIGHT - GRAY SILICEOUS
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. 109 - 112
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