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Patterson No 1

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. 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 10284605
MRDS ID M007537
MAS/MILS ID 0060150015
Record type Site
Current site name Patterson No 1
Alternate or previous names J H Crothers, Johnson Place
Related records 10029770

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.88145, 41.78402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067

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 18 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.88145, 41.78402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 70E
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    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 N55E:70E
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELL,F.G.,ET AL, 1946, CDM AND G BULL 134, PT 1, CHAP 1,

  • Deposit

    P59.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,J.C., 1952, CAL JOUR MINES AND GEOL. VOL.48,NO.4,P29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ORE WAS SEEN IN SITO FOR A FEW INCHES OF DISSEMINATED ORE ALONGSIDE THE ROAD 600 FT EAST OF THE TUNNEL. MR. BENNET SAYS THE ORE WAS OF HIGH GRADE. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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