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Salt Lake - California

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029625
MRDS ID M007293
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake - California
Alternate or previous names Union

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.03144, 41.90982 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position HEAD OF COPPER CREEK, JOINS THE ALTA TO THE NORTH

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 018N 001E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result 10 - 18 % CU, OXIDES ASSAYED AT 25 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.03144, 41.90982
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Low Divide

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • UNION NO. 1 : 450 CROSSCUT ADIT WHICH CUTS ORE BODY DRIFTED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET EACH WAY, MOST OF EARLY PRODUCTION WAS STOPED FROM THIS WORKING . UPPER TUNNEL 120 FT. LONG WITH DRIFTS N & S 40 FT. IN LENGTH. OPEN CUT ON UNION NO. 2 , 110 FT. SHAFT ON UNION NO. 3 , THERE IS A 400 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT ON MAMMOTH NO. 1 , AND A 350 FT. ADIT ON BONANZA CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    J.C. O'BRIEN, 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 299

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1925 : SAN FRANCISCO FIELD DIVISION; 21ST REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 288 - 289

  • Production

    J.C. O'BRIEN, 1952 , P. 299

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN CROPPING 3600 FT. LONG
Deposit CLAIMS INCLUDE THE COPPER KING, DAISY, BONANZA, UNION NO. 1 , NO. 2 AND NO. 3 , MAMMOTH NO. 1 AND NO. 2 , TURNER, AND GAINE.

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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