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Little Field

Occurrence in Plumas 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. 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 10034128
MRDS ID M020835
Record type Site
Current site name Little Field
Related records 10212944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.09299, 40.15931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position STEEP SIDE OF THE CANYON OF THE N. FORK FEATHER RIVER, RD. FROM WESTWOOD OR GREENVILLE TO SENECA PASSES WITHIN 2 MILES OF THIS GROUP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyondam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N 008E 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM DUMP - AVG. 4 % CU, $8 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.09299, 40.15931
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Economic information

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 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 50 FT. TUNNEL ALONG EAST BANK OF CANYON, SOUTHERLY 100 YDS. AND HIGHER 100 - 200 FT. ARE TWO MORE TUNNELS 30 FT. LONG FOLLOWING QTZ. VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 279

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1937 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF PLUMAS COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 33 , NO. 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISED OF 40 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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