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Superior

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102833
MRDS ID M007283
Record type Site
Current site name Superior
Alternate or previous names Atlantic - Pacific, Mammoth
Related records 10284639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.02616, 41.92538 (WGS84)

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 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE ORE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.02616, 41.92538
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 150 FT. FROM PORTAL OF NO. 2 ADIT WAS A 4 FT. VEIN WHICH AVG. $20/TON CU, AU AND AG.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS, NO. 1 , A CROSSCUT. CUTTING THE WEST VEIN; NO. 2 IS 150 FT. BELOW NO. 1 AND IS ALSO A CROSSCUT 700 FT. LONG, NO. 3 IS 250 FT. ABOVE NO. 1 IS 500 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    J. C. O'BRIEN, 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 299

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F. L., 1914 : DEL NORTE COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 383 .

  • Production

    LOWELL, F. L., 1914 , P. 383

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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