Copper Creek Chrome Mine

The Copper Creek Chrome Mine is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 1,280 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Copper Creek Chrome Mine
Secondary: Low Divide Mine
Secondary: Rowdy Creek Mine
Secondary: Claims: Mountain View Or High Divide Mine.

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Low Divide Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hamilton, E. P., H. L. And K. P.
Home Office: P.O. Box 627, Crescent City, Ca. 95331.
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Simonson Logging Co.
Home Office: Smith River, Ca.
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: POD

Structure

Type: L
Description: A Shear Zone Trending N 65 E Cuts The Peridotite Body.

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Location): WORKINGS ON EAST BANK OF COPPER CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 M LONG OPEN CUT DEVELOPED IN THE SOUTHERN POD AND 60 M OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1880'S

Comment (Deposit): THREE PODS OF MASSIVE CHROMITE OCCUR IN A LOCALLY SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE MASS. THE SOUTHERN MOST POD, THE LARGEST OF THE THREE, HAS THE ABOVE DIMENSIONS, STRIKE AND DIP.

References

Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS F.G., CATER, F.W. JR. AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CA., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1 P. 20-21.

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