Copper Creek Low Divide, Rowdy Creek

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10029617
MRDS ID	M007284
Record type	Site
Current site name	Copper Creek Low Divide, Rowdy Creek
Related records	10260209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.03477, 41.92204 (WGS84)
Relative position	W1/2 SW1/4 (HIGH DIVIDE QUAD 1966)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Humboldt	018N	001E	26		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.03477, 41.92204	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1880

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Gillis, C. A., Gillis, W. E. And Brandi, G.

Comments on the production information

ABOUT 700 TONS OF ORE MINED AND STOCKPILED IN 1880; 2,876 LONG TONS PRODUCED IN 1917-1918; 239 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 41.2 PERCENT CR2O3 MINED AND SHIPPED IN 1942-1943. MINE CLOSED IN 1943 AND HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE.

Comments on the workings information

OPEN CUTS; GLORY HOLE ABOVE AN ADIT, AND UNDERHAND STOPES.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M007284

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 270, 286
Deposit

BULL. 134, PART 1, CHAP. 1, PP. 21 , 27-28, PL. 2

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MINE IS ON PATENTED LAND.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1972	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey