The Golinsky is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,801 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.77028, -122.44194
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Golinsky MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golinsky
Secondary: Golinski
Secondary: Little Backbone
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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
Year: 1907
Material type: CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Cu 3.57 %, Zn 8.9 %, Sulfur 30.7 %, Fe 23.6 %, Silica 27.5 %, Au .134 Oz/Ton, Ag 4.61 Oz/Ton.
Year: 1937
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Avg. 1.5% Cu
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults Or Shear Zones Broad Warp Or Arch Structure That Might Localize Mineralization.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritization, Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcocite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
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): 1906 - 1907 OPERATED BY AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., 1935 - 1937 OPERATED BY BACKBONE GOLD MINING CO.,
Comment (Deposit): RELATIVELY SMALL STEEPLY DIPPING LENS OF MASSIVE SULFIDE. ABOVE THE OREBODY IS OXIDIZED MATERIAL AND GOSSAN EXTENDING TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): NO EXPLORATORY WORK DONE ALONG STRIKE OF ORE LENS EXCEPT ON 84 FT. LEVEL. NO AGREEMENT ON EXTENT OF STOPING. 2 ADITS
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY LIES ABOVE A GENTLY DIPPING CONTACT BETWEEN SILICEOUS WHITE FOLIATED, NONPORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE BELOW, AND MASSIVE TAN SOFT, PORPHYRITIC RHYOLITE ABOVE. MUCH OF THE RHYOLITE BELOW THE MINE HAS A STEEPLY DIPPING FOLIATION, LOCALLY THE ROCK IS PYRITIZED. SEVERAL TYPES OF PYROCLASTIC ROCKS ARE PRESENT, NONE SHOW BEDDING. ONE BED OF VOLCANIC BRECCIA IN LITTLE BACKBONE CREEK BELOW THE MINE IS COMPOSED OF A FELSITIC, GREEN CHLORITIC MATRIX CONTAINING 3 INCH OVAL BOMBS OF WHITE RHYOLITE WITH CLOSELY PACKED CHLORITE AND QUARTZ AMYGDULES.
Comment (Deposit): OVERLYING GOSSAN ASSAYED .36 OZ AU, 8.10 OZ AG, 1.2 % CU, AND TRACE OF ZN.
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, CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285 , PG. 114 - 116 .
Reference (Deposit): LYDON, P. A. AND O'BRIEN, J. C., 1974 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SHASTA COUNTY CALIF.; COUNTY REPORT 6 , CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, PG. 106 .
Reference (Production): KINKEL, HALL AND ALBERS, 1956 , PG. 114 SEE REF
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