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Clear Creek

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033911
MRDS ID M020562
Record type Site
Current site name Clear Creek
Alternate or previous names Davis
Related records 10213941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.47586, 41.71011 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MILES SW OF HAPPY CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Creek(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

Klamath 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 015N 006E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOSSAN CROPPINGS SHOW GOOD GOLD VALUES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.47586, 41.71011
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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 Happy Camp

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVELY PROSPECTED

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. 272

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. C., 1914 ; SISKIYOU COUNTY; 14TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 818

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE 20 TO 30 FT. WIDE, LEDGE NOT FOUND IN PLACE AS OF YET.

Reporter information

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

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