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Goose Creek Claim

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043430
MRDS ID M100188
Record type Site
Current site name Goose Creek Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.93532, 41.6801 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 22.

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
Mount Diablo 015N 002E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM LOCATED ON THE EAST SLOPE OF RATTLESNAKE MTN., ABOUT 700 FT. ABOVE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE SMITH RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.93532, 41.6801
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline.

Comments on the geologic information

  • CLAIM LIES WITHIN 1000 FT. OF PERIDOTITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Rattlesnake Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Clendon, C. H.
    First year 1946

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 25,71,72

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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