The Bully Hill is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.79917, -122.20278
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Bully Hill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bully Hill
Secondary: Shasta Zinc and Copper
Secondary: Delamar
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East 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: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Sierran kuroko
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Folds, Shear Zones
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Sulfatization Albitization, Chloritization, Hydrous Mica Alteration And Pyritization.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Anhydrite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TUFFS AND MUDSTONES OF THE PIT FORMATION OCCUPY THE EAST SIDE OF BULLY HILL TO AN ALTITUDE OF 1,700 FT., VOLCANIC FLOW AND PYROCLASTIC ROCKS OF THE BULLY HILL RHYOLITE UNDERLIE THE REST OF THE HILL. THE BULLY HILL RHYOLITE FORMS THE CORE OF A SOUTHWARD - PLUNGING ANTICLINE. THE ORE BODIES ARE FOUND IN THE EAST LIMB OF THE STEEPLY DIPPING, PARTLY OVERTURNED ANTICLINE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONSISTS OF MIXTURE OF DENSE, FINE - GRAINED HYPOGENE SULFIDES, SECONDARY MINERALS INCLUDE NATIVE COPPER, BORNITE, CHALCOCITE, COVELLITE, CUPRITE, MALACHITE, AZURITE AND LIMONITE.
Comment (Production): ASSAYS OF ABOUT 9,000 TONS OF ORE IN 1922 AVERAGED ZN 22.9 %, CU $2.42 /TON SILVER 1.19 OZ/TON, GOLD $.033 /TON. CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION TABLE ARE VALUES FROM BULLY HILL AND RISING STAR MINE COMBINED.
Comment (Deposit): ORE REPLACED METACLACITE ENGULFED IN THE METADIABASE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS, J. P. AND ROBERTSON, J. F., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS, EAST SHASTA COPPER - ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF.; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338 , PG. 88 - 100 .
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL 144 ; CALIF. DIV. MINES, PG. 32 .
Reference (Production): ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIF. BULL 144 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PG 327
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