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Copper Creek Mine

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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260209
MRDS ID M007284
MAS/MILS ID 0060150007
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Low Divide Mine, Howdy Creek
Related records 10029617

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -124.03476, 41.92232 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
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 26 SENWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -124.03476, 41.92232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 10M
    Length 36M
    Width 3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N00S:60E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1881

Mining district

District name Low Divide Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamilton,Ep,Hl,And Kb
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Simonson Logging Co (Last Shipper)
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1954

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Length of Inclines (m) 9
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 10
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings UNKNOWN
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS F G, ET AL,CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 1,CH 1,PP 27-28 1

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY W W ET AL,CAL ST MIN BUR BULL 76,CR&MN IN CAL,P 125-

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3140 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 43 PER CENT CR2O3,CR/FE=2.56 IPPED. KNOWN PODS OF CHROMITE AT THIS MINE ARE REPORTEDLY WO T NEARBY CUT AND ADIT(UNNAMED) VISITED 23 OCT 1975 INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR RESOURCE CALCULATIONS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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