Sutro Mine

The Sutro Mine is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: Sutro Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: California
County: Shasta
District: West Shasta District

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. Industries
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: 1913
Discovery Year: 1902
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: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver

Comments

Comment (Environmental Factors): THE PRINCIPAL SOURCES OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE MOMMOTH MINE (INCLUDES THE FRIDAY-LOUDEN, MAIN MAMMOTH, GOSSAN, AND 300 ADITS), THE GOLINSKY MINE, AND THE SUTRO MINE. A SECONDARY SOURCES OF AMD IS SURFACE RUNOFF THAT PASSES THROUGH WASTE ROCK DUMPS, TAILINGS PILES, AND DISTURBED AREAS. ABOUT 300 TO 400 GALLONS PER MINUTE (GPM), AND UP TO 900 GMP FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING WINTER, OF AMD THAT CONTAINS DISSOLVED HEAVY METALS (NOTABLY IRON, COPPER, ZINC, AND CADMIUM) ARE DISCHARGED FROM THE MAMMOTH COMPLEX INTO LITTLE BACKBONE CREEK AND SHOEMAKER GULCH. THE MOST ACIDIC WATERS DISCHARGING FROM THE MINE HAVE A PH OF 2.2.

Comment (Geology): OTHER ON COLUMS 46-52 MASSIVE SULPHIDE

Comment (Deposit): SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0060890475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING.

References

Reference (Deposit): UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY,

Reference (Deposit): FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP (P. 207-213).

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

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.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 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.

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