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Schofield

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029796
MRDS ID M007570
Record type Site
Current site name Schofield
Alternate or previous names Klondike
Related records 10187193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.79754, 41.95593 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position HEAD OF PATRICK CREEK, GRANTS PASS ROAD PASSES WITHIN ONE MILE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(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 003E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Marcasite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.79754, 41.95593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M
    Length 914.4M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PATRICK GREENSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monumental

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS; ONE 300 FT. ADIT

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 DIV.; 21ST REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 288 - 289

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS
Deposit MINING WHICH AMOUNTS TO LITTLE MORE THAN ASSESSMENT WORK IS DONE BY HAND - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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