Geology of the Brick Flat massive sulfide body, Iron Mountain cluster, West Shasta district, California
The Brick Flat massive sulfide body is one of a group of 8 individual bodies that constitute the Iron Mountain cluster in the S part of the West Shasta district. Before they were separated by postmineral faulting, 5 of the 8 sulfide bodies formed a single large deposit about 1375 m long with a mass of some 23 million metric tons. The pyritic Brick Flat sulfide body is one of the 5 faulted segements of this deposit. The Brick Flat massive sulfide lies within medium phenocryst rhyolite that is characteristic of the ore-bearing middle unit of the Balaklala Rhyolite. It is interpreted to be downfaulted a vertical distance of 75 to 85 m from the Old Mine sulfide-gossan orebody along the N-dipping Camden South fault. It is bounded in turn on its N side by another parallel fault, the Camden North, which drops the orebody down another 75 m to the level of the Richmond orebody. -from Author
Citation Information
Publication Year | 1985 |
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Title | Geology of the Brick Flat massive sulfide body, Iron Mountain cluster, West Shasta district, California |
DOI | 10.2113/gsecongeo.80.8.2092 |
Authors | J. P. Albers |
Publication Type | Article |
Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
Series Title | Economic Geology |
Index ID | 70013026 |
Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |