The Copper Crest Gr is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,749 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: 2,749 Feet (838 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 40.7631, -122.45440
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Copper Crest Gr MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Crest Gr
Secondary: Mammoth Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Sulfur
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: West Shasta District
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
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: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1890
Discovery Year: 1880
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Sphalerite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Environmental Factors): THE PRINICIPAL SOURCES OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (AMD) IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OF THE MAMMOTH MINE (INCLUDES THE FRIDAY-LOUDEN, MAIN MAMMOTH, GOSSAN, AND 300 ADITS), THE GOLINSKY MINE, AND THE SUTRO MINE. A SECONDARY SOURCE OF AMD IS SURFACE RUNOFF THAT PASSES THROUGH WASTE ROCK DUMPS, TAILINGS PILES, AND DISTURBED AREAS. THE MAMMOTH MINE HAS BEEN ESTIMATED TO CONTRIBUTE BETWEEN 87 AND 92 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL METALS DISCHARGED TO RECEIVING WATERS IN THE AREA. ABOUT 300 TO 400 GALLONS PER MINUTE (GPM), AND UP TO 900 GPM FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING WINTER, OF AMD THAT CONTAINS DISSOLVED HEAVY METALS (NBOTABLY IRON, COPPER, IRON, ZINC, AND CADMIUM) ARE DISCHARGED FROM THE MAMMOTH COMPLEX INTO LITTLE BACKBONE CREEK AND SHOEMAKER BULCH. THE MOST ACIDIC WATERS DISCHARGING FROM THE MINE HAVE A PH OF 2.2.
Comment (Geology): OTHER ON 46-52 MASSIVE SULPHIDE
Comment (Deposit): SEE SEQUENCE NO. 0060890475 FOR BENEFICIATION AND UNDERGROUND MINING.
References
Reference (Deposit): KINKLE, A. R., 1952, GEOLOGY OF THE MAMMOTH MINE: CALIF.
Reference (Deposit): DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 28, 15 P.
Reference (Deposit): UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. MINING WASTE STUDY
Reference (Deposit): FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP. (207-213).
Reference (Deposit): CLAWSON, R. F., 1969, SQUAW CREEK COPPER INVESTIGATION:
Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, BULL. 144, P. 197-387
Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN, C. T., SCHUMACHER, O., AND GOSLING, B., 1977, THE
Reference (Deposit): WEST SHASTA COUNTY CALIF. USBM MAS REPT 40 P.
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, L., 1970, COPPER RESOURCES AND PRODUCTION OF WEST
Reference (Deposit): SHASTA MINING DISTRICT: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. 85
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DEPT. WATER RESOURCES MEMOIR REPORT, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS OF CALIF.,
Reference (Deposit): PART 3 IN COPPER IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES
Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 144, P. 197-387.
Reference (Deposit): KINKLE, A. R., HALL W. E., AND ALBERS, J. P., 1956, GEOLOGY
Reference (Deposit): AND BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC
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