The Sutro is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.78139, -122.46333
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Sutro MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sutro
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West Shasta Copper - Zinc
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults - Not Seen At Surface, Poor Outcrops And No Lithologic Offsets In Uniform Upper Unit Of Balakalala Rhyolite Over Ore Body.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED FROM 2.5 - 11 % CU, 2.5 - 8.1 OZ/TON AG, AND .03 - .10 OZ/TON AU.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN ON SURFACE
Comment (Workings): MINE WORKINGS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE. 6 ADITS, ONE 2,000 FT. LONG WITH EXTENSIVE DRIFTING.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IN LIGHT-GREEN SILICEOUS RHYOLITE, UPPERMOST PART OF THE MIDDLE UNIT OF THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE. ROCKS IN MINE AREA ARE CUT BY MANY MAFIC DIKES. LARGEST DIKE IS 25 FT. WIDE AND IS CONTINUOUS. THE ROCKS IN THE AREA ARE GENTLY DIPPING TO FLAT, BUT CONTAIN SEVERAL BROAD WARPS. THE MINE APPEARS TO BE ON THE SOUTH FLANK OF A LARGE WARP.
Comment (Production): 35,300 TONS - ORE CONTAINED 7.44 % CU, 6.40 OZ/TON AG, AND .08 OZ/TON AU.
References
Reference (Production): KINKEL ET AL, 1956 PG. 150 (SEE REF.)
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P.A., O'BRIEN, J.C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., COUNTY REPORT 6, CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 109
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. 149 - 151 .
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