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Copper Bluff

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030496
MRDS ID M008643
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Bluff

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57664, 39.49265 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position ON THE HOOPA INDIAN RESERVATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 008N 004E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57664, 39.49265
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FLOAT CONTAINING CU MINERALS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J. C., AND BRAUN, L. T., 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GLENN COUNTY, CA.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 1 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 37

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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