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Hard Luck

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086457
MRDS ID X007563
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Luck
Related records 10211503

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.80115, 41.95426 (WGS84)
Elevation 533
Relative position 3.0 MI. N. NW HORSE FLAT ON MONKEY CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(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
Humboldt 018N 003E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.80115, 41.95426
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1904

Mining district

District name Monumental

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A LOT OF 5 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTER SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED $10.40/TON IN AU. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CROSSCUT ADITS AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS

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. 290

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F. L., 1913, DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 389

  • Production

    LAZIURE (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; 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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