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Barnum Bros.

Occurrence in Siskiyou 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033903
MRDS ID M020554
Record type Site
Current site name Barnum Bros.
Alternate or previous names Copper Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.5617, 41.56316 (WGS84)
Relative position OIL SAMBO CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 014N 005E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.5617, 41.56316
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oak Bar

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 19 CLAIMS - SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 271

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 341

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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