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Indian Creek

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033926
MRDS ID M020578
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek
Related records 10286521

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.35475, 41.86372 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF HAPPY CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slater Butte(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 017N 007E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.35475, 41.86372
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SLATE OVERLIES PERIDOTITE IN THE NORTH

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
    Length 144.78M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 23 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 109

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORES ARE INTERLAMINATED WITH SLATE, FORMING SHOOTS OF A MIXED CHARACTER 20 TO 40 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

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

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

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