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Aurora

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029622
MRDS ID M007290
Record type Site
Current site name Aurora
Alternate or previous names Copper Hill, Aurora Ext.
Related records 10162617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.89698, 41.73899 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position EAST OF ALTA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canthook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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 016N 002E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RICH CU OXIDE FLOAT

Analytical data

Result 40 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70-FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896 : DEL NORTE COUNTY; 13 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 58

  • Deposit

    J.C. O'BRIEN, 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 295

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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