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Copper Creek Low Divide, Rowdy Creek

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029617
MRDS ID M007284
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Low Divide, Rowdy Creek
Related records 10260209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.03477, 41.92204 (WGS84)
Relative position W1/2 SW1/4 (HIGH DIVIDE QUAD 1966)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 001E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.03477, 41.92204
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gillis, C. A., Gillis, W. E. And Brandi, G.

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 700 TONS OF ORE MINED AND STOCKPILED IN 1880; 2,876 LONG TONS PRODUCED IN 1917-1918; 239 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 41.2 PERCENT CR2O3 MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1942-1943. MINE CLOSED IN 1943 AND HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS; GLORY HOLE ABOVE AN ADIT, AND UNDERHAND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 270, 286

  • Deposit

    BULL. 134, PART 1, CHAP. 1, PP. 21 , 27-28, PL. 2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINE IS ON PATENTED LAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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