Superior

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10102833
MRDS ID	M007283
Record type	Site
Current site name	Superior
Alternate or previous names	Atlantic - Pacific, Mammoth
Related records	10284639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.02616, 41.92538 (WGS84)
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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
Copper	Primary
Gold	Secondary
Silver	Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

LOW GRADE ORE

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.02616, 41.92538	ListMap

Ore body information

Thickness 1.22M

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

Comments on the production information

150 FT. FROM PORTAL OF NO. 2 ADIT WAS A 4 FT. VEIN WHICH AVG. $20/TON CU, AU AND AG.

Comments on the workings information

3 TUNNELS, NO. 1 , A CROSSCUT. CUTTING THE WEST VEIN; NO. 2 IS 150 FT. BELOW NO. 1 AND IS ALSO A CROSSCUT 700 FT. LONG, NO. 3 IS 250 FT. ABOVE NO. 1 IS 500 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M007283

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. 299
Deposit

LOWELL, F. L., 1914 : DEL NORTE COUNTY: 14TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 383 .
Production

LOWELL, F. L., 1914 , P. 383

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