Last Chance

Occurrence in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034205
MRDS ID M020932
Record type Site
Current site name Last Chance
Related records 10263186

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.4228, 40.93456 (WGS84)
Relative position ON PANTHER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denny(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 007N 007E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST., SEC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.4228, 40.93456

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 145

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 350 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE GOSSAN OUTCROP RUNNING EAST AND WEST. DISCOVERIES OF COPPER ARE REPORTED FROM HYAMPOM, BETWEEN SMITH AND HAY FORK, OF TRINITY RIVER.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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