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Alta

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163147
MRDS ID M007289
MAS/MILS ID 0060150040
Record type Site
Current site name Alta
Alternate or previous names Alta Calif, Salt Lake Calif
Related records 10029621

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -124.03196, 41.90542 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 10(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 018 N 001 E 35 SWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -124.03196, 41.90542
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY V 48 NO 4 OCT 1952 PP 276

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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