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Oro Pino Prospect

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086454
MRDS ID X007268
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Pino Prospect
Related records 10162893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.0181, 41.78399 (WGS84)
Elevation 229
Relative position 3 MI. S. SIGNAL PEAK ON E. SIDE BALD HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiouchi(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 016E 001E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.0181, 41.78399
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N46E
    Dip 53 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYROXENE-DIORITE DESCRIBED AS DECOMPOSED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Hill

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, 75 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 306

  • Deposit

    MAXSON, J. H., 1933, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, NORTHWESTERNMOST CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN FINE AND FLAKY GOLD FOUND IN POCKETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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