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Copper Creek Chrome Mine

Past 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043684
MRDS ID M100584
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Creek Chrome Mine
Alternate or previous names Low Divide Mine, Rowdy Creek Mine, Claims: Mountain View Or High Divide Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.03755, 41.92232 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 22 KM NW OF CRESCENT CITY, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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;018N;018N 001E;001E;001E 26;26;26 SE OF NW OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS ON EAST BANK OF COPPER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.03755, 41.92232
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Shear Zone Trending N 65 E Cuts The Peridotite Body.

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike NS
    Dip 60 E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 18M
    Width 10M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Low Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Simonson Logging Co.
    Home office Smith River, Ca.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamilton, E. P., H. L. And K. P.
    Home office P.O. Box 627, Crescent City, Ca. 95331.
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 M LONG OPEN CUT DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHERN POD AND 60 M OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    WELLS F.G., CATER, F.W. JR. AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CA., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1 P. 20-21.

  • Production

    STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PODS OF MASSIVE CHROMITE OCCUR IN A LOCALLY SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE MASS. THE SOUTHERN MOST POD, THE LARGEST OF THE THREE, HAS THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS, STRIKE AND DIP.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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