Camp Eight Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10259711
MRDS ID M007838
MAS/MILS ID 0060150107
Record type Site
Current site name Camp Eight Claim
Alternate or previous names St. Patrick Claim
Related records 10092099

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.87945, 41.76512 (WGS84)
Elevation 838
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

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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 016 N 003 E 19 C California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Penninite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N50W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner California Chrome Co. During World War 1
    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.59-6

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,J.C.,1952,CAL.JOUR MINES AND GEOL VOL.48,NO.4,P.269,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE IS CONSPICOUS EVIDENCE OF LANDSLIDING AND CREEPING IN VICINITY.INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS IT IS REPORTED THAT 100 LONG TONSOF ORE WAS LEFT ON THE DUMP 18,AND THAT IN 1937 THIS ORE WAS SOLD BY C.O.MORELLE TO C.FI

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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