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Anderson

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034144
MRDS ID M020852
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson
Related records 10139285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.80587, 41.94676 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE EAST OF BAKER FLAT AND 1 MILE NW OF ANDERSON'S RANCH ON SHELLEY CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(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 018N 003E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.80587, 41.94676
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN PATRICK GREENSTONE AND GALICE SLATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHORT TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 225

  • Deposit

    MAXSON, J.H., 1933 : ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29 , NOS 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 147

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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