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Copper Bluff

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10076572
MRDS ID W023655
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bluff
Related records 10212434

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.73892, 41.09539 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008N}009N 004E}004E 02}35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT/LONG NOT VERIFIED AFTER RELOCATING THEM TO LIE WITHIN CORRECT QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPHALERITE NEAR SURFACE

Analytical data

Result 5 % CU, 14 - 17 % ZN, 8 - 50 OZ AG AND $5.80 AU / TON AND .5 - 1.5 % PB.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.73892, 41.09539
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN OR BEDDED REPLACEMENT

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PYRITIZED SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF DIAMOND DRILLING AND DRIFTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.C., 1948 , TABULATION OF COPPER DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA, IN COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144 , P 235

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 57 , NOS. 3 AND 4 , P 447

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 7 FT.
Deposit PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED IN 1953 BY A $22,000 D.M.E.A. LOAN. J. ROBERTSON OF THE USGS WAS THE EXAMINING GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-DEC-1993 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey CHANGED LAT/LONG AND UTM COORDINATES TO REFLECT QUADRANGLE GIVEN; DID NOT ATTEMPT TO ACCURATELY LOCATE

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