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Cook's Calley Pit & Mill

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285087
MAS/MILS ID 0060230044
Record type Site
Current site name Cook's Calley Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05443, 40.44154 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Mendocino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 001 N 001 E 27 N2 California

Comments on the location information

  • TO THE RIGHT OF HWY 101 ON SOUTH HUMBOLDT COUNTY LINE ON THE EEL RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.05443, 40.44154
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mercer-Fraser,Inc.
    ID 402699
    Home office California
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED AUGUST 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-1988 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/21/1986
MSHA mine ID0402699
Mine name (MSHA)Cooks Valley
Current operatorMercer Fraser Company
Current controller (parent)Ted E Contri; Ted E Contri
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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