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Norma

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035396
MRDS ID M023174
Record type Site
Current site name Norma
Related records 10165808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79168, 41.81039 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 3 MI ENE SUMMIT OF BEAR CAT MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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
Mount Diablo 046N 008W 28,29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 28

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79168, 41.81039
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF OPEN CUTS AND ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 151

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 31, P. 302

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 240 ACRES. UNPATENTED CLAIMS. INCLUDES NORMA, ROYAL, EDNA AND SAN JOSE CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SMALL VEINS, FEW IN. THICK. SOME WITH HEAVY IRON SULFIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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