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Cold Creek

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034198
MRDS ID M020922
Record type Site
Current site name Cold Creek
Related records 10165590

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.41973, 40.53928 (WGS84)
Relative position COLD FORK OF THE INDIAN VALLEY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hyampom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 002N 007E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES ARE OF LOW GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.41973, 40.53928
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 50 : CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 142

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 349

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SMALL BODIES OF QUARTZ CARRING SULFIDES.

Reporter information

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

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