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Prudential

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10035827
MRDS ID M023742
Record type Site
Current site name Prudential

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.91644, 41.98649 (WGS84)
Elevation 625
Relative position 2.5 MI. NW ELK CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(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 002E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.91644, 41.98649
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 30E

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

  • ADIT AND SHAFT WITH CROSSCUTS ON LODE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 299

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L.E., 1908, COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, BULLETIN NO. 50, P. 139

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, P. 439

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, UPPER VEIN 25 FT. THICK, LOWER VEIN DESCRIBED AS THICKER. LODE TRACED FOR 1000 FT. ON SURFACE.
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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