Iron Mountain Mine

The Iron Mountain Mine is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,281 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Iron Mountain Mine
Secondary: Number 8
Secondary: Richmond
Secondary: Brick Flat
Secondary: Mattie
Secondary: Hornet Mine
Secondary: Confidence
Secondary: Old Mine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Sulfur

Location

State: California
County: Shasta
District: Shasta District

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Stauffer Chemical Co. And Iron Mountain Mines 1956-1977
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: 1879
Discovery Year: 1865
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

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: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Inyoite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SEE MAS SEQUENCE NO 0475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING.

Comment (Geology): TYPE OF ORE BODY, THIRD CHOICE IS OTHER. IT IS IN FACT A MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE BODY.

References

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 147, NO. 9, P64-68.

Reference (Deposit): KINKLE A.R., ALBEERS J.P., 1951, GEOL. OF THE MASSIVE SULFID

Reference (Deposit): E DEPOSITS AT IRON MT CAL., CAL. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPOR

Reference (Deposit): T 14, 19P.

Reference (Deposit): CLAWSON R.F., 1969, SQUAW CR. CU INV., CAL. DEP. WAT. RES.

Reference (Deposit): MEM. REPORT 29P.

Reference (Deposit): ERIC J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU, DEP. OF CAL., PART 3 IN C

Reference (Deposit): U IN CAL., CAL. DIV. MINES BULL 144, P197-387.

Reference (Deposit): KINKLE A.R., HALL W.E., ALBERS J.P., 1956, GEO. AND BASE MET

Reference (Deposit): AL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA CO-ZN DISTRICT, SHASTA CO. CAL.,

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF. PAPER 285, 156P.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE L., 1970, CU RES. AND PRODUCTION OF WEST SHASTA MINING

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, USMB REP 85

Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN C.T., SCHUMACHER, GOSLING, 1977, THE WEST SHASTA DIS

Reference (Deposit): TRICT, SHASTA COUNTY CAL., USBM MAS REPORT, 40P.

Reference (Deposit): HUTTL J.B., 1946, DIAMOND DRILLING FEATURES MT CUIS MINING,

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