Dunsmuir

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067574
MRDS ID W000359
Record type Site
Current site name Dunsmuir
Related records 10238281

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.29332, 41.18763 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NOSE OF RIDGE IN SACRAMENTO RIVER CANYON, N. OF MOUTH OF LITTLE CASTLE CREEK, ABOUT 2 MI. S. OF DUNSMUIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunsmuir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 004W 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.29332, 41.18763

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN; 0.1% TO 1.0% NI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P. E., 1966, NICKEL, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CALIF.: U.S. SENATE DOCUMENT, 89TH. CONGRESS, 2ND. SESSION, P. 281

  • Deposit

    IRWIN, W. P., 1960, CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 179, P. 74

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED NI-CO REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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