Mine detail: Brushy Canyon Group

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Location: Shasta County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.76207, -122.19359
dep_id: 10033806
mrds_id: M020453
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Copper, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Limonite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
work_type: Surface/Underground
conc_proc: The Limonite And Sulfide From Which It Was Derived Replace Beds Of Siliceous Volcanic Rocks That Are Either Within Or Just Beneath The Pit Formation.
Reporter: Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Rhyolite
References:
  • Deposit:: ALBERS, J. P. & ROBERTSON, J. F., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF EAST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CA., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 338 , PG. 88
  • Deposit:: BROWN, G. C., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. MIN. BUR. PG. 763
  • Deposit:: ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, BULL. 144 , CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, PG. 327
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