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Occidental

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095082
MRDS ID M007275
Record type Site
Current site name Occidental
Related records 10211654

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.02033, 41.9001 (WGS84)
Relative position LIES SOUTH AND ADJOINS THE ALTA CALIFORNIA

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 017N 001E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 30 - 32 % CU SURFACE ORE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.02033, 41.9001
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Low Divide

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • GOOD SURFACE SAMPLES. IDLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 201.17M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 450 FT. TUNNEL, 110 FT. SHAFT AND ANOTHER 100 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948 : COPPER IN CALIFORNIA BULL. 144 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 226

  • Deposit

    J.C. O'BRIEN, 1952 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 48 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 298

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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