Shasta King

The Shasta King is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,749 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

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Site Name

Primary: Shasta King
Secondary: Lost Desert
Secondary: Trinity

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1919
Time Period: 1908 - 1919
Material type: CU
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.92 % Cu, 1.01 Oz/Ton Ag, .034 Oz/Ton Au.

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: Premineral And Postmineral Faults. Evidence For Premineral Age On Faults Nos. 3 , 5 & 12 Is The Pressence Of Pyrite And Pyrite Clasts Filled With Iron Oxide, Along Faults Away From Orebody. All Faulta Except No. 12 Show Postmineral Movement, Horizontal Movements Have Been Suggested To Occur Along Faults No. 2 , 5 & 7 As Well As Vertically.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal, Chloritization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2.5 % CU, 7.61 % ZN

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS UNIFORM AND STRUCTURELESS IN APPEARANCE, COMPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF MASSIVE PYRITE AND LESSER AMOUNTS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND SPHALERITE.

Comment (Production): KINKEL, A.R., ET.AL., 1956, PG. 140.

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY CROPS OUT ALONG STEEP NORTH SLOPE OF THE CANYON OF SQUAW CREEK.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY REPLACED THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE, ROCKS ADJOING THE ORE BODY ARE PORPHYRITIC AND NONPORPHYRITIC VARIETES OF THE BALAKLALA RHYOLITE. A BED COMPOSED OF SHALY RHYOLITIC TUFF INTERLAYERED WITH FINE AND COARSE VOLCANIC BRECCIA LIES IMMEDIATLY ABOVE GOSSAN AT THE SURFACE. IT IS ALSO FOUND IN BACK OF THE STOPES IN SW. PART OF THE MINE.

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. 138 - 144

Reference (Production): KIVEL, ET AL, 1956 , PG. 140 SEE REF.

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