Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlShear Zones - In Andesite Porphyry And Diorite
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Ilmenite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
StructureFault Plane N 30 W, 60 Sw With Vertical Throw- Section South Of Fault Is Oxidized.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1918, 1927
Identification
Deposit ID10034127
MRDS IDM020834
Alternate namesSuperior
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.2032, -120.77465
References
AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION, 24TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU, P. 271-278GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 595.MAC BOYLE, E., 1918, PLUMAS COUNTY; 16TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA MINING BUREAU, P. 55-59.AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , P. 277AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , P. 276