The Balaklava Mine is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,398 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,398 Feet (731 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.7389, -122.49080
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Balaklava Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Balaklava Mine
Secondary: Balaklala Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Flat Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: U. V Chemical Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Discovery Year: 1890
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, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): OTHER ON COLUMS 46-52 MASSIVE SULPHIDE
Comment (Environmental Factors): THE BALAKLALA MINE HAS THREE MAIN PORTALS, THE WEIL PORTAL, WHICH WAS THE ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN HAULAGE ADIT, AND THE UPPER AND LOWER WINDY CAMP PORTALS. A COLLAPSED STOPE HAS CREATED A LARGE INFILTRATION GALLERY CONSISTING OF TWO SINKHOLE-TYPE ENTRACES ABOVE THE WINDY CAMP PORTALS, CURRENTLY CALLED THE "GLORY HOLE." ACID MINE DRAINAGE DISCHARGED FROM ALL THREE PORTALS, ALTHOUGH THE WEIL PORTAL HAS NOW BEEN SEALED. ACID MINE DRAINAGE EVENTUALLY DISCHARGES INTO SHASTA LAKE VIA WEST SQUAW CREEK (SOUTH FORK). THE LOWER WINDY CAMP PORTAL DISCHARGES 250 TO 10,000 GPM OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE WHILE THE UPPER PORTAL DISCHARGES 50 TO 400 GPM OF DRAINAGE WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE WINDY CAMP WASTE DUMP. MONITORING DATA SHOW HIGHLY VARIABLE FLOW RATES AND METALS CONCENTRATIONS (COPPER, ZINC, CADMIUM, AND IRON). BALAKLALA CURRENTLY DISCHARGES WATER WITH A PH OF 2.6-2.9 WHICH CONTRIBUTES ABOUT 30 TO 90 PERCENT (SEASONAL VARIATION) OF THE HEAVY METALS IN WEST SQUAW CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0060890475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): CAL. CAL. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 144 PGS. 197-387
Reference (Deposit): KINKLE A. R., HALL W. E., AND ALBERS J. P., 1956, GEOL &
Reference (Deposit): BASE METAL DEP OF WEST SHASTA CU-ZN DIS. SHASTA CO. CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 285 156 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, L., 1970, CU RES & PRODUCTION OF W SHASTA MIN DIST
Reference (Deposit): USBM REP. 85.
Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN,C. T., SCHUMACHER & GOSLING B.; 1977, THE WEST
Reference (Deposit): SHASTA DIST. SHASTA COUNTY CALIF. USBM MAS REPT 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,
Reference (Deposit): FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 P. (P. 215-2190.
Reference (Deposit): CLAWSON R. F. 1969, SQUAW CR. CU INV CAL. DEP. WAT. RES.
Reference (Deposit): MEM. REPORT, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU DEP OF CALIF. PART 3 IN
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