Shasta King Mine

The Shasta King Mine is a copper mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,749 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Shasta King Mine

Commodity

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

Location

State: California
County: Shasta
District: Squaw Creek

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: Silver King Mining Co.
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
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: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): REC. 080 COL. 19-20 MASSIVE SULFIDE

Comment (Environmental Factors): THE SHASTA KING MINE LIES NORTHEAST OF THE BALAKLALA MINE, ACROSS WEST SQUAW CREEK. ONE OF THE EIGHT ADITS OCCASIONALLY DISCHARGES 0.34 TO 50 GPM OF ACID WATER INTO WEST SQUAW CREEK DURING WINTER AND SPRING. ACID MINE DRAINAGE EVENTUALLY DISCHARGES INTO SHASTA LAKE VIA WEST SQUAW CREEK (SOUTH FORK). DISCHARGES FROM THE SHASTA KING MINE ARE THOUGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR A MAXIMUM OF 6.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL HEAVY METALS IN WEST SQUAW CREEK, ALTHOUGH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAMPLE THE DISCHARGE DURING PERIODS OF HIGH RUNOFF. BECAUSE OF DETERIORATED AND COLLAPSED ROADS, ACCESS TO THIS MINE IS NOW VERY DIFFICULT.

References

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285, P. 156.

Reference (Deposit): KINKLE, A.R. AND HALL, W.E. 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA

Reference (Deposit): KING MINE, CA., LIF., DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 16,

Reference (Deposit): 11 P.

Reference (Deposit): MOORE, L. 1970 CU RESERVES & PRODUCTION OF WEST SHASTA

Reference (Deposit): MINING DISTRICT, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 85.

Reference (Deposit): HILLMAN, C.T., SCHUMACHER, O., GOSLING, B., 1977, THE WEST

Reference (Deposit): SHASTA DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF. U.S. BUREAU OF

Reference (Deposit): MAS REPORT, 40 P.

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

Reference (Deposit): FINAL REPORT, JULY 1988, 416 PP. (P. 215-219).

Reference (Deposit): SHASTA CU-ZN DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, U.S.

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