Mine detail: Iron Mountain Mine

Previously called 'MattieHornet MineConfidenceOld MineNumber 8RichmondBrick Flat'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.68795, -122.5314

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver, Gold, Zinc
Tertiary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Other material: Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Inyoite, Pyrite, Quartz, Silver, Sphalerite
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1879

Geology

References

MRDSW025295
MAS60890368
DEP10189961
Reference{Deposit:: CLAWSON R.F., 1969, SQUAW CR. CU INV., CAL. DEP. WAT. RES.}{Deposit:: MEM. REPORT 29P.}{Deposit:: ERIC J.H., 1948, TABULATION OF CU, DEP. OF CAL., PART 3 IN C}{Deposit:: U IN CAL., CAL. DIV. MINES BULL 144, P197-387.}{Deposit:: KINKLE A.R., HALL W.E., ALBERS J.P., 1956, GEO. AND BASE MET}{Deposit:: AL DEPOSITS OF WEST SHASTA CO-ZN DISTRICT, SHASTA CO. CAL.,}{Deposit:: USGS PROF. PAPER 285, 156P.}{Deposit:: MOORE L., 1970, CU RES. AND PRODUCTION OF WEST SHASTA MINING}{Deposit:: DISTRICT, USMB REP 85}{Deposit:: HILLMAN C.T., SCHUMACHER, GOSLING, 1977, THE WEST SHASTA DIS}{Deposit:: TRICT, SHASTA COUNTY CAL., USBM MAS REPORT, 40P.}{Deposit:: HUTTL J.B., 1946, DIAMOND DRILLING FEATURES MT CUIS MINING,}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 147, NO. 9, P64-68.}{Deposit:: KINKLE A.R., ALBEERS J.P., 1951, GEOL. OF THE MASSIVE SULFID}{Deposit:: E DEPOSITS AT IRON MT CAL., CAL. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPOR}{Deposit:: T 14, 19P.}
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