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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048479
MRDS ID MP00066
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.01338, 41.95454 (WGS84)
Elevation 504
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI SOUTH OF OREGON BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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 018N 001E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. NO PROSPECTS SHOWN NEARBY EXCEPT FOR HOLE IN THE GROUND MINE, WHICH HAS SEPARATE RECORD. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION ONLY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=67 PPB
Result PD=5 PPB
Result IR=550 PPB
Result RU=910 PPB
Result RH=73 PPB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.01338, 41.95454
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Smith River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INFORMATION FOUND OTHER THAN PGE ANALYSIS IN CARLSON AND OTHERS, 1985. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M007280.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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