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Old Crow

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095085
MRDS ID M007556
Record type Site
Current site name Old Crow
Related records 10284145

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.79782, 41.98288 (WGS84)
Elevation 853

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 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.79782, 41.98288
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 45 E
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monumental

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ADITS DID NOT CUT VEIN. IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CROSSCUT TUNNELS NEITHER ONE CUTTING VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F.L., 1914 : DEL NORTE COUNTY: 14 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 385

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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Authoritative California resources

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