Resource appraisal of the Mt. Shasta Wilderness Study area, Siskiyou County, California
Results of geological, geochemical, and aeromagnetic surveys indicate that the only potentially extractable resource of Mt. Shasta may be geothermal energy, but the potential within the Wilderness Study Area is low. Some sulfur and gypsum occur locally around active and extinct fumaroles near the summit but are too small to indicate a resource. Cinder deposits have been mined near the Wilderness Study Area, but almost none are exposed within it. The levels of trace-metal anomalies relative to background values and the amounts of exposed mineralized rock are too small to indicate economic potential. It is concluded that any significant potential for future geothermal development is more likely to exist on and near the lower slopes of the volcano, generally outside the study area. (JGB)
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6565372
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-77-250
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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