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Red Cap Creek

Occurrence in Humboldt 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030603
MRDS ID M008822
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cap Creek
Alternate or previous names La Perin, Red Cap, Sky Chief
Related records 10163953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.52669, 41.23094 (WGS84)
Elevation 655
Relative position 67 MILES NE OF EUREKA, ON RIDGE BETWEEN RED CAP AND BOYCE CRK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hopkins Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 010N 006E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Copper Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.52669, 41.23094
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT VERY PROMINENT FOR ENTIRE LENGTH OF PROPERTY, SERPENTINE FOOTWALL AND DIORITE ON HANGING WALL. WEST SIDE OF CONTACT SLIDES HAVE TAKEN PLACE THEREFORE RICH FLOAT HAS BEEN FOUND ON RED CAP AND BORSE CREEKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Johnson, A. M.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 ; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 151 - 152 .

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1941 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY, 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; DIV. OF MINES, P. 508 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE SEEMS TO OCCUR IN BUNCHES AND POCKETS IN SERPENTINE.
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 57.66 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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