USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Shasta County
Sutro Mine
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Shasta
- Mining district
- West Shasta District
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cu-Ag-Au mine located in secs. 29 & 30, T34N, R5W, MDM, 1.1 km (3,500 feet) ESE of Bohemotash Mountain (coordinates of record), in the headwaters area of the North Fork Backbone Creek, about 8 miles NNW of Shasta Lake City, on private land (pa…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- U. V. Industries · Source-reported owner · 1978
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chalcopyrite
- Gold
- Muscovite
- Pyrite
- Pyrrhotite
- Sericite
- Silver
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 92963
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (5)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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