The Sugarloaf Prospect is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,281 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
Elevation: 3,281 Feet (1,000 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.6861, -122.51780
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Sugarloaf Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sugarloaf Prospect
Secondary: Galvin Group
Secondary: Galvin Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. T. And W. J. Walker-1951, Past Owners
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: Silver King
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
Discovery Year: 1900
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SEE MAS SEQUENCE NUMBER 0475 FOR BENEFICATION AND UNDERGROUN D MINING.
Comment (Geology): TYPE OF ORE BODY, THIRD CHOICE IS OTHER. IT IS IN FACT A MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE BODY.
References
Reference (Deposit): STA CO., CAL., USGS PROF. PAPER 285.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE,L., 1970, CU RES. AND PRODUCTION OF WEST SHASTA MINING
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, USBM REP 85.
Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN C.T., SCHUMACHER, GOSLING, 1977, THE WEST SHASTA DIS
Reference (Deposit): TRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CAL, USBM MAS REPORT, 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): CLAWSON,R.F., 1969, SQUAW CR. CU IN WEST, CAL. DEP. WAT. RES
Reference (Deposit): MEM. REPT., 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU, DEP. OF CAL., PART 3 IN
Reference (Deposit): COPPER IN CAL., CAL. DIV. MINES BULL. 144, P. 197-387.
Reference (Deposit): KINKLE, A.R., HALL, W.E., AND ALBEERS, J.P., 1956, GEOL. AND
Reference (Deposit): BASE METAL DEPOSITION OF WEST SHASTA COPPER ZINC DIST., SHA
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