Mine detail: Early Bird

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Location

Lat / long:

40.71652, -122.51777

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR/BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Fault Divides Ore Body, South Porphyritic Rhyolite Which Is Overlain By A Flow Of Nonporphyritic Rhyolite.

References

MRDS	W017584
DEP	10072349
Reference	KINKEL, A. R., HALL, W. E. AND ALBERS, J. P., 1956 , GEOLOGY AND BASE METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA, COPPER - ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIF., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285 , PG. 109 - 112
Reporter	Weeks, Robert, Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)