The Akers Group is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.74278, -122.46694
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Akers Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Akers Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: 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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 - 6 % CU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE ORE OCCURS IN SMALL IRREGULAR ORE BODIES ALONG IRREGULAR FISSURES ONE OF WHICH TRENDS NORTH AND SOUTH, WITH A DIP OF 60 DEG EAST, THE OTHER HAVING A N 40 DEG W TREND.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN OUTCROPS ARE PREDOMINENT AND CAN BE FOLLOWED FOR ABOUT 1000 FT.
Comment (Workings): THERE ARE SIX OR SEVEN TUNNELS RANGING FROM 20 - 350 FT. IN LENGTH. LOWEST TUNNEL HAS AN ELEVATION OF 1000 FT. AND THE HIGHEST 1600 FT.
Comment (Commodity): PYRITE IS THE MAJOR ORE COMPONENT
References
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULL. 144 , PG. 326 .
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1920 , CALIF. STATE MINING BUR., REPORT 17 , PG. 516 .
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 6 (SHASTA) PG. 104 .
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1926 , CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, VOL. 22 , NO. 2 PG. 144 .
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