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Upper Coon Mtn.

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033775
MRDS ID M020420
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Coon Mtn.
Related records 10211051

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.86976, 41.81454 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 MI. TO GASQUET BY PAVED AND UNGRADED DIRT ROADS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurdygurdy Butte(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 016N;017N 003E;003E 06;32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SAMPLES TAKEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PERIDOTITE ON WHICH OCCURS SMALL PATCHES OF POORLY DEVELOPED ROCKY LATERITE. TOTAL AREA COVERED BY LATERITE IS PROBABLY NO MORE THAN 40 ACRES, AND LATERITE IS LESS THAN 3 FT. IN DEPTH. LATERITE TESTED WEAKLY FOR NICKEL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Elmer Wilson, Et Al.
    Home office Eureka, Ca.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J.H., 1974 ( 1958 ), PRIVATE COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    CATER, FRED W., JR. AND WELLS, FRANCIS G., 1953 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF GASQUET QUAD., CALIF. - ORE.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 995-C

  • Deposit

    CHESTERMAN, C.W., 1976 , WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR. AND RYNEARSON, GARN A., 1946 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. D.O.M. BULL. 134 , PT. 1 , CH. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR PRODUCTION OF CHROMITE HAS COME FROM SMALL MINES LOW ON THE E. FLANK OF UPPER COON MTN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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