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Mc Kee

Occurrence in Del Norte 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029753
MRDS ID M007513
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Kee
Related records 10138819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.94727, 41.97065 (WGS84)
Relative position THREE CLAIMS NEAR MOUTH OF DIAMOND CREEK.

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 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Diamond Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT. IDLE

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 : COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 138

  • 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. 298.

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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