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Prudential

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029786
MRDS ID M007557
Record type Site
Current site name Prudential
Related records 10259898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.90644, 41.97843 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH OF SHELLY CREEK STA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(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 018N 002E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.90644, 41.97843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 30 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shelly Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL AND A SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS ON THE LODE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 139

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 DIV. OF MINES, P. 439

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS: UPPER VEIN IS 25 FT. THICK, LOWER ONE IS THICKER, LODE IS TRACED FOR OVER A 1000 FT. ON THE SURFACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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