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Cleopatra

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102838
MRDS ID M007509
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra
Alternate or previous names Dedrick
Related records 10187089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.94144, 41.9876 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
Relative position ON LINE BETWEEN NW1/4 NW1/4 3 AND NE1/4 NE1/4 SEC. 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau Mountain(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 002E 03,04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE PYRITIC ORE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.94144, 41.9876
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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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Olen Bell

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED EXCEPT FOR ONE CARLOAD

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

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. 276 - 277 , 296

  • Deposit

    MAXSON, J.H., 1933 ; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES: 29 TH REPT. STATE MIN.; DIV. OF MINES P. 148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL VEINS

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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