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West Shasta - Balaklala, Shasta King, Keystone, Iron Mountain. East Shasta - Bully Hill, Rising Star
California, USA
Main commodities: Cu Zn S




The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 2000.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Albers J P  1985 - Geology of the Brick Flat massive Sulfide body, Iron Mountain cluster, West Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2092-2099
Albers J P, Bain J H C  1985 - Regional setting and new information on some critical geologic features of the West Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2072-2091
Casey W H, Taylor B E  1982 - Oxygen, Hydrogen and Sulfur isotope geochemistry of a portion of the west Shasta Cu-Zn district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v77 pp 38-49
Gustin M M, Eastoe C J  2000 - Geology and ore petrography of Permian Kuroko-type volcanogenic massive Sulfide deposits of the Bully Hill area, east Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v95 pp 343-360
Howe S S  1985 - Mineralogy, textures, and relative age relationships of massive Sulfide ore in the West Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2114-2127
Lapierre H, Cabanis B, Coulon C, Brouxel, Albarede F  1985 - Geodynamic setting of Early Devonian Kuroko-type Sulfide deposits in the eastern Klamath Mountains (northern California) inferred by the petrological and geochemical characteristics of the associated island-arc volcanic rocks: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2100-2113
Lindberg P A  1985 - A volcanogenic interpretation for massive sulfide origin, West Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2240-2254
Reed M H  1984 - Geology, wall-rock alteration, and massive sulfide mineralization in a portion of the west Shasta District, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v79 pp 1299-1318
South B C, Taylor B E  1985 - Stable isotope geochemistry and metal zonation at the Iron Mountain mine, West Shasta district, California: in    Econ. Geol.   v80 pp 2177-2195


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