Mine detail: Engels

Previously called 'Superior'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.2032, -120.77465

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Zinc
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Ilmenite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Replacement
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
Production years:	1918, 1927

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Structure:	Fault Plane N 30 W, 60 Sw With Vertical Throw- Section South Of Fault Is Oxidized.

References

MRDS	M020834
DEP	10034127
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.