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Ora Anna Quartz Mine

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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 10086455
MRDS ID X007271
Record type Site
Current site name Ora Anna Quartz Mine
Alternate or previous names Crescent City Mine
Related records 10162615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.0056, 41.76065 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 6.5 MI. S. SIGNAL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiouchi(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 016N 001E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURRED FREE STATE AND IN SULFIDES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.0056, 41.76065
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 45N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bald Hills

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. ADIT; WINZE, 70 FT. DEEP. UPPER TUNNEL, 40 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1925, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 21, NO. 3, P. 291

  • Deposit

    WATTS, W. L., 1892, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11, P. 197

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F. L., 1913, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 390

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 129.

  • Deposit

    5) MAXSON, J. H., 1933, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES, NORTHWESTERNMOST CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 144

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS BETWEEN SLATE HANGING WALL AND DIORITE FOOTWALL VEINS AVG 6 FT. THICK.
Deposit ONE PATENTED AND 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SINCE 1897, ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK DONE. ; 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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