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Gooch Claim

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10162501
MRDS ID M007273
MAS/MILS ID 0060150026
Record type Site
Current site name Gooch Claim
Related records 10029611

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -124.01056, 41.89512 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 017 N 001 E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -124.01056, 41.89512
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

Mining district

District name Wimer Road Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. W. Gooch-1944
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,ET AL,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.32

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,J.C.,1952,CAL. JOUR MINES AND GEOL.VOL.48,NO.4,P.288

  • Deposit

    WEST SLOPE NO FORK SMITH RIVER EXTENDING TO HEAD OF E FORK H

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CLAIM WAS FIRST WORKED DURINGW.W.I,BUT NOTHING COULD BE AS TO WHO HAD FORMERLY OWNED THE CLAIM OR WHAT IT HAD PRODUC INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

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