Coon Creek No.1

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10029736
MRDS ID M007489
Record type Site
Current site name Coon Creek No.1
Related records 10211191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.90643, 41.79399 (WGS84)
Relative position NW1/4. COONCAN IN SE1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(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 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.90643, 41.79399

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Mcclendon
    First year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE. THE METALS RESERVE CO. GIVES FOLLOWING FIGURES FOR ORE SHIPPED IN 1943; 12.6 LONG TONS CR2O3 41.19%, CR/FE RATIO 2.39, 19.0 LONG TONS CR2O3 39.96% CR/FE RATIO 2.39.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT 40 FT. DEEP; SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE DOES NOT INDICATE PROPERTY CONTAINS MORE THAN A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF CONCENTRATING ORE; NO HAND-COBBING ORE IN SIGHT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.