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Sourpuss Claim

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043435
MRDS ID M100196
Record type Site
Current site name Sourpuss Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.95532, 41.69538 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 16.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canthook 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
Mount Diablo 015N 002E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.95532, 41.69538
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Locally Sheared

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Rattlesnake Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 150 LONG TONS PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 26

Reporter information

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

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