Mine detail: Engels

Previously called 'Superior'

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Location: Plumas County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.2032, -120.77465
dep_id: 10034127
mrds_id: M020834
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Ilmenite
ore_ctrl: Shear Zones - In Andesite Porphyry And Diorite
Reporter: Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Diorite
Structure: Fault Plane N 30 W, 60 Sw With Vertical Throw- Section South Of Fault Is Oxidized.
prod_yrs: 1918, 1927
References:
  • Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, 24TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU, P. 271-278
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 595.
  • Deposit:: MAC BOYLE, E., 1918, PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU, P. 55-59.
  • Production:: AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , P. 277
  • Reserve-Resource:: AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , P. 276
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