Portuguese Flat
Portuguese Flat is a plain in Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California. Portuguese Flat is situated nearby to the locality Whiskeytown, as well as near the hamlet Iron Mountain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Iron Mountain Mine.
Iron Mountain Mine
Quarry
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Iron Mountain Mine, also known as the Richmond Mine at Iron Mountain, is a mine near Redding in Northern California, US. Geologically classified as a "massive sulfide ore deposit", the site was mined for iron, silver, gold, copper, zinc, quartz, and pyrite intermittently from the 1860s until 1963. Iron Mountain Mine is situated 1½ miles east of Portuguese Flat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include French Gulch and Keswick.
French Gulch
Photo: NoeHill, CC BY-SA 3.0.
French Gulch is a community of 350 people in Shasta County in the Shasta Cascades region of California. The French Gulch Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Keswick
Hamlet
Keswick is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California. Keswick sits at an elevation of 732 feet. Its population is 188 as of the 2020 census, down from 451 from the 2010 census. Keswick is situated 6 miles southeast of Portuguese Flat.
Shasta
Shasta is a town in Shasta County in the Shasta Cascades region of California. In the mid 19th century, Shasta was the commercial and shipping hub for northern California mines.Portuguese Flat
- Type: Plain
- Category: landform
- Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.66459° or 40° 39′ 53″ northLongitude
-122.5589° or 122° 33′ 32″ westElevation
1,388 feet (423 metres)Open location code
84GVMC7R+RCGeoNames ID
5569733
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