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Gold Location

Unknown in Del Norte 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139265
MRDS ID M007587
MAS/MILS ID 0060150156
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Location
Related records 10029812, 10168014

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.59115, 41.91293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polar Bear Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Siskiyou Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018 N 006 E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.59115, 41.91293
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • G-TOB OTHER IS MASSIVE SULPHIDE G-ORI OTHER IS SYNGENETIC, HEAVY METALS COME FROM VOLCANICS AND SEA WATER G-SOB OTHER IS PANCAKE SHAPED THE ORE BODY IS A STRATAFORM MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT THAT IS FAULTED IN THE CENTER BY AN E-W-NORMAL FAULT.THE NORTH HALF IS DOWNDROPPED 50 METERS AND OCCURS 53 METRS DOWN. THE SOUTH HALF IS 3 METERS BELOW THE SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1973

Mining district

District name Smartville

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Superior Oil Co. Tuscon Arizona
    Interest 50
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Louisiana Land Co.
    Interest 50
    Home office Arizona
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jim Bright Exploration Resources Reno Nevada
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1978

Comments on the ownership information

  • HOLDING OTHER IS PRIVATELY OWNED LAND; SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY 1978. MASSIVE SULFIDE WOULD BE MINED BY OPEN PID METHD AT A COST OF 3 DOLLARS PER METRIC TON. CONCENTRATION BY FLOATATION AT A COST OF 4 DOLLARS PER METRIC TON. 1976 DOLLARS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 3000000 METRIC TONS ARE DRILLED OUT AND REPRESENT MEASURED ORE. 2.5 PERCENT COPPER IS OVERALL GRADE; CLOSE TO HALF OF THE DEPOSIT RUNS IN EXCESS OF 6 PERCENT COPPER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PSFC NATURAL RESOURCES OF NW CALIF

  • Deposit

    COMMUNICATION ON JULY 15 AND 28. CONFIDENTIAL

  • Deposit

    JOSEY,WILLIAM,1978-SUPERIOR OIL COMPANY,TUSCON ARIZONA;

  • Deposit

    PERSONAL COMMUNICATION ON JULY 28. CONFIDENTIAL

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB NO. MO07587

  • Deposit

    MOTTER, JACK,1978-EXPLORATION RESOURCES,RENO, NEVADA;

  • Deposit

    WETZEL,N AND NOKLEBERG,W, 1976, PLATE TECTONIC AND STRUCTURL

  • Deposit

    RELATIONS FOR THE ORIGIN AND DEFORMATION OF THE WESTERN

  • Deposit

    METAMORPHIC BELT ALON THE MARGIN OF THE CENTRAL SIERRA

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BATHOLITH; ABSTRACT.G.S.A. 72BD ANNUAL MEETING

  • Deposit

    COREDILLERAN SECTION, APRIL 1976,VOL 8, NO.3 P.420.

  • Deposit

    XENOPHONTUS, C. AND BOND, G. C., 1978, PETROLPGY, SEDIMENT-

  • Deposit

    ATION AND PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE SMARTVILLE TERRANE

  • Deposit

    (JURASSIC) BEARING ON THE GENESIS OF THE SMARTVILLE

  • Deposit

    OPHIOLITE; IN MESOZOIC PALEOGEOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES, PACIFIC COAST PALEOGEOGRAPHY SYMPOSIUM

  • Deposit

    NO. 2 S.E.P.M., APRIL 26, 1978. P.291

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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