Copper Creek Mine

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10260209
MRDS ID	M007284
MAS/MILS ID	0060150007
Record type	Site
Current site name	Copper Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names	Low Divide Mine, Howdy Creek
Related records	10029617

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates:	-124.03476, 41.92232 (WGS84)
Elevation	390
Location accuracy	10(meters)
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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	018 N	001 E	26	SENWSW	California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Tertiary
Iron	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Unknown
Magnesite	Unknown
Olivine	Unknown
Pyroxene	Unknown
Serpentine	Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1)	-124.03476, 41.92232	ListMap

Ore body information

Strike

N00S

Dip

60E

Thickness

10M

Depth to top

0M

Width

3M

Length

36M

Area

1HA

Field	Value
Type of Orebody #1	DISSEMINATED
Shape of Orebody #1	TABULAR
Shape of Orebody #2	IRREGULAR
Shape of Orebody #3	LENTICULAR
Primary mode of Origin	MAGMATIC DIFFER
Primary Ore Control	LITHOLOGY
Degree of Wallrock Alter.	MODERATE
Type of Wallrock Alter. #1	CARBONITIZATION
Strike And Dip	N00S
Minimum Depth to Top	0
Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat.	0
Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat.	0
Total Surface Area (HA)	1
Date of Last Modification	820823

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface-Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1880
Year of first production	1881

Mining district

District name	Low Divide Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Other

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Hamilton,Ep,Hl,And Kb

Interest 100

Home office California

Year 1976
Type Operator

Owner Simonson Logging Co (Last Shipper)

Home office California

Year 1976

Last year 1954

Workings at the site

Type of workings

Surface

Area

1HA

Field	Value
MAS Development Schedule #	1
Mining Record #	1
Status of Mining Method	PROPOSED
Mining Method	OPEN PIT
Swell Factor	.6
Hardness of Ore	M-HARD ROCKS
Capacity Units	MT ORE/DAY
Units of Production	$/MT ORE
Year of Information	1976

Type of workings

Underground

Length

60M

Field	Value
MAS Development Schedule #	1
Mining Record #	1
Status of Mining Method	PROPOSED
Mining Method	OPEN STOPE
Swell Factor	.6
Hardness of Rock	SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
Rock Characteristics	MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
Rock Support Chars.	UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
Mine Support Chars.	TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
Length of Inclines (m)	9
Number of Inclines	1
Avg. Length of Adits (m)	10
Number of Adits	5
1st Condition of Workings	UNKNOWN
Capacity Units	MT ORE/DAY
Units of Production	$/MT ORE
Year of Information	1976

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0060150007
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M007284	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WELLS F G, ET AL,CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 1,CH 1,PP 27-28 1
Deposit

BRADLEY W W ET AL,CAL ST MIN BUR BULL 76,CR&MN IN CAL,P 125-

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	3140 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 43 PER CENT CR2O3,CR/FE=2.56 IPPED. KNOWN PODS OF CHROMITE AT THIS MINE ARE REPORTEDLY WO T NEARBY CUT AND ADIT(UNNAMED) VISITED 23 OCT 1975 INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR RESOURCE CALCULATIONS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	27-FEB-1984	Stinson	U.S. Bureau of Mines