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Chilton

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092285
MRDS ID M008834
Record type Site
Current site name Chilton
Related records 10235994

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.48252, 41.30233 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 3 MI. UP PEARCH CR. FROM HIGHWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orleans Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 011N 006E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.48252, 41.30233
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Warner

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, OPEN CUTS AND STOPES THROUGH A VERTICAL RANGE OF FIFTY FEET AND LENGTH OF TWO HUNDRED FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 509

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN RANGES IN WIDTH FROM A NARROW SEAM OF GOUGE TO SEVERAL FEET OF QUARTZ, GOUGE AND COUNTRY ROCK WHICH IS A FINE-GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK, PROBABLY ANDESITE. ORE IS SACKED AND SLEDDED 1/4 MI. DOWN STEEP TRAIL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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