Backbone District, West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USAi
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Backbone District | Mining District |
West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District | Mining District |
Klamath Mountains | Mountain Range |
Shasta County | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude:
40° North , 122° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~102km
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
238102
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:238102:5
GUID (UUID V4):
631d6dce-e2d6-4208-ab69-add07fab9f8e
A Au mining area located in the vicinity of Squaw Creek and Mammoth Butte, N of Shasta Dam.
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Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
ⓘ | Copper | 1.AA.05 | Cu |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
ⓘ | Chalcocite | 2.BA.05 | Cu2S |
ⓘ | Digenite | 2.BA.10 | Cu9S5 |
ⓘ | Bornite | 2.BA.15 | Cu5FeS4 |
ⓘ | Covellite | 2.CA.05a | CuS |
ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Idaite | 2.CB.15a | Cu5FeS6 |
ⓘ | Greenockite | 2.CB.45 | CdS |
ⓘ | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
ⓘ | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
ⓘ | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
ⓘ | 'Tennantite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)As4S12S |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
Unclassified | |||
ⓘ | 'Chlorite Group' | - |
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Link to USGS MRDS: | 10034462 |
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Localities in this Region
- California
- Shasta County
- Klamath Mountains
- West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
- Backbone District
- West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
- Klamath Mountains
- Shasta County
- California
- Shasta County
- Klamath Mountains
- West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
- Backbone District
- Mammoth Butte
- Dittmar occurrence
- Ellis Mine
- Ferguson and Limbough occurrence
- Friday-Lowden group
- Gillispie occurrence (Gellispie)
- Golinsky Mine (Little Backbone Mine; Backbone Mine; Golinski Mine)
- Great Verde Mine (Vulcan Mine)
- Holcombs Consolidated
- Loraine Mine (McKinley Consolidated Mine)
- Mayflower occurrence
- Morton & Bliss Mine (Morton and Bliss Mine; Riley & Bliss)
- Ohio occurrence
- Red Rock occurrence
- Shasta Kennett occurrence
- Shasta King Mine (Lost Desert Mine; Trinity Mine)
- Skookum Consolidated occurrence
- Uncle Sam Mine (Vera Mines; Sierra Buttes Mining Company)
- Mammoth Butte
- Backbone District
- West Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District
- Klamath Mountains
- Shasta County
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