| Lat / long: | 40.67541, -122.52777 |
| Primary: | Copper, Zinc |
| Secondary: | Gold, Platinum, Silver, Iron |
| Ore: | Antlerite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Greenockite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Sulfur |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | LENTICULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1865 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1897-1919, 1925, 1928-1930, 1943-1947 |
| First production started: | 1897 |
| Last production ended: | 1962 |
| Host rock: | Balaklala Rhyolite |
| Host type: | Rhyolite |
| Associated type: | Shale |
| Structure: | Folds, Major Post-Mineral Faults Are Scott, Camden, And J Faults; The Camden Also Had Premineral Movement. Scott Fault Zone Is 3-5 Ft Wide With Many Anastomosing Slickensides And Dark-Gray To White Gouge. Scott Is A Normal Fault, Dipping 50ne, With 250 Ft Dip-Slip Displacement. Camden Fault Zone Is 50 Ft Wide At 2,600 Ft Level. |
| Tectonic: | Island Arc Within Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane |
| Alteration processes: | Hydrothermal Pyritization, Silicification |
| MRDS | W025295 |
| DEP | 10077593 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: KINKEL, A.R., HALL, W.E., AND ALBERS, J.P., 1956, GEOLOGY AND BASE-METAL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA COPPER-ZINC DISTRICT, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 285, P. 117-129.}{Deposit:: EILERS, A., 1913, RARE METALS IN BLISTER COPPER: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS, V. 47, P. 217-218.}{Deposit:: NOTES PROVIDED FOR SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGISTS KLAMATH MOUNTAINS FIELD TRIP, OCTOBER 7-13, 1984.}{Deposit:: KINKEL, A.R., AND ALBERS, J.P., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS AT IRON MOUNTAIN, SHASTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 14, 19 P.}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, 1986, MINERAL INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA, 1985: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 93.}{Production:: KINKEL AND OTHERS, 1956, P. 118; SEG FIELD TRIP NOTES} |
| Reporter | Peterson, Jocelyn A. (Mosier, Dan), Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) |