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Copper Creek

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033912
MRDS ID M020563
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek
Alternate or previous names Blue Bell
Related records 10141476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.33892, 41.73622 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SE OF ELK CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Huckleberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016N 008E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 3 % CU, 1 % ZN ASSAYED FROM SAMPLE IN SHEAR ZONE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.33892, 41.73622
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone - 8 Ft. Wide

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 W
    Dip 15 - 20 W
    Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 CLAIMS - ONE VERTICAL SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , MINES AND MINERALS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 43 , NO. 4 , P. 424

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE BANDS OF COPPER MINERALS REPLACING PYRITE FOUND IN SHEAR ZONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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