Sugarloaf Prospect

The Sugarloaf Prospect 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: 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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