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Exposed Treasure Nos. 1 & 2 claims, Kettle Mountain, East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USAi
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Exposed Treasure Nos. 1 & 2 claimsGroup of Claims
Kettle MountainMountain
East Shasta Copper - Zinc Mining DistrictMining District
Klamath MountainsMountain Range
Shasta CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 56' 2'' North , 121° 59' 2'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.93389,-121.98389
GeoHash:
G#: 9r32b5y11
GRN:
N28W66
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Big Bend102 (2011)11.4km
Montgomery Creek163 (2011)11.4km
Round Mountain155 (2011)15.9km
Burney3,154 (2011)27.7km
Lakehead461 (2011)33.4km
Mindat Locality ID:
64728
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:64728:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Mn-baryte occurrence/group of claims located in secs. 31 & 33, T36N, R1W, MDM, 3.0 km (9,900 feet) SE of Kettle Mountain, along the E bank of the Pit River, on National Forest land. Discovered 1918. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.

Mineralization is a vein baryte deposit hosted in diorite of Tertiary (?) age.
Local rocks include Eocene nonmarine rocks, unit 1 (Northern and Central California) and/or Jurassic marine rocks, unit 5 (Northern Sierra Nevada and Eastern Klamath Mountains).

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Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘBaryte7.AD.35BaSO4

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OOxygen
Oⓘ BaryteBaSO4
SSulfur
Sⓘ BaryteBaSO4
BaBarium
Baⓘ BaryteBaSO4

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References

(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0060890003
Logan, Clarence August (1926), El Dorado, Shasta and Trinity Counties: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau. (Report 22): 22: 129-130.
Bradley, W.W. (1930), Barite in California: California State Mineralogist. (Report 26): 26(1): 45-57.
Averill, C.V. (1939), Mineral resources of Shasta County: California Journal of Mines & Geology (Report 35): 35(2): 114-115.
Trask, Parker Davies (1950) Geologic description of the manganese deposits of California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 152, 378 pp.: 266
Brobst, D. A. (1958) Barite resources of the United States. Bulletin 1072b. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b1072b p.108 - Table 10
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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