The Copper City is a copper, gold, silver, and zinc mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,299 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: 1,299 Feet (396 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 40.8014, -122.19580
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Copper City MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper City
Secondary: Rising Star
Secondary: Bully Hill
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: East Shasta
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
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: Western Mines Inc.
Home Office: Canada
Info Year: 1978
Owner Name: S. C. M. Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1978
Production
Year: 1877
Description: 640000 Dollars In Prescious Metals
Year: 1927
Description: 1083000 G Au And 62802000 G Ag 526000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1927
Description: 22130000 Kg Cu And 1391000 Kg Zn 526000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1922
Description: 20.9 Zn; 2.42 Cu; 33.7 G Ag; 0.94 G Au 14000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1909
Description: 3.61 Cu; 7.83 Zn; 202 G Ag ; 3.34 G Au 100000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Year: 1901
Description: 5080000kg Cu; 99000 G Au; 12500000 G Ag 45000 Metric Tons Of Ore
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1877
Discovery Year: 1862
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: Tennantite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Cuprite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Vermiculite
Unknown: Anhydrite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Covellite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REFER TO MILS FORM: COPPER IS IN SULFIDE FORM. REFER TO MILS FORM: ZINC IS IN SULFIDE FORM
Comment (Production): HPREC 001 IS FIRST PRODUCTION HPREC 002 IS FIRST RECORDED PRODUCTION HPREC 003 IS GRADE OF ORE PUT THROUGH PROPERTIES SMELTER HPREC 004 IS GRADE GEN.ELEC.USED ELECTRULYSIS ON FOR ZN REC. HPREC 005 AND 006 IS TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM BULLY HILL, RISING STAR AND COPPER CITY MINES FROM 1901 TO 1927
Comment (Geology): OTHER G-TOB IS MASSIVE SULFIDE OTHER G-ORE IS SHEAR ZONE OTHER GEO-1 IS SUFATIDATION. OTHER L-DEF IS SHEAR ZONE
Comment (Geology): M-REC 01 REPRESENTS 80 PERCENT OF THE ROCKS THAT HAVE BEEN SILICIFIED M-REC 02 LIMONITE REPRESENTS 15 PERCENT OF THE MATERIAL IN THE SILICIFIED ROCK M-REC 03 PYRITIZATION VERY COMMON M-REC 04 HYDROUS MICA ALTERATION PRODUCT M-REC 05 SULFADATION PRODUCT ALSO M-REC 06 AND 07 PRIMARY SULFIDES ARE M-REC 8,9,10,11,12,13IN DESCENDING ORDER OF ABUNDANCE WITH SOME GOLD AND SILVER SECONDARY SULFIDES ARE M-REC 14,13,15,16,17,18,19 IN DESCENDING ORDER WITH SOME FREE GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 75 PERCENT PROBABILITY IS OBTAINED FROM COMPANY DATA AND WAS MADE IN 1977. THESE FIGURES REPRESENT ORE AT BULLY HILL ONLY 50 PERCENT PROBABILITY ESTIMATES WERE MADE ON THE PRESENCE OF GEOLOGICALLY FAVORABLE CONDITIONS. THESE ESTIMATES ARE FOR THE BULLY HILL ORE BODY ONLY AND CONSIDERABLY HIGHER TONNAGES COULD BE AVAILABLE FROM THE RISING STAR ORE BODY IN ADDITION TO MORE ORE PRESENT IN THE COPPER CITY DEPOSIT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF JOUR MINES & GEOL V35 NO 2 APR 1939 PP 174-5
Reference (Deposit): ALSO SECTS 16 21 & 22
Reference (Deposit): BULLY HILL MINE:IN, CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY,
Reference (Deposit): VOLUME 35,P.174-175.
Reference (Deposit): ALBERS AND ROBERTSON,1961,GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAST
Reference (Deposit): SHASTA COPPER ZINC DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA:U.S.G.S.PROFESSIONAL
Reference (Deposit): PAPER 338.
Reference (Deposit): COPPER IN CALIFORNIA;CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULL. 144, P.
Reference (Deposit): 78, 1948
Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATED RESERVES,BULLY HILL MINE,COMPANY DATA,1976-WESTERN
Reference (Deposit): MINES INC.,CANADA
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