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Cooncan Prospect

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043428
MRDS ID M100185
Record type Site
Current site name Cooncan Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.89671, 41.79454 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 12

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(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
Mount Diablo 016N 002E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.89671, 41.79454
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coon Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 121,122.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P.24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A NARROW LENS OF CHROMITE, 5 TO 13 IN. WIDE, EXPOSED FOR 8 FT. THERE ARE HEAVY FLOAT BOULDER 5 UP TO 2 FT. IN DIAMETER EXTENDING DOWN TO THE CREEK. POSSIBLY, ONE OREBODY BROKEN OUT AND WASHED DOWN HILL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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