USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Del Norte County
Copper Creek Mine
Unconfirmed Chromium Mixed Underground / Surface 7 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Del Norte
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Chromium
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Low Divide Mine, Howdy Creek
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Cr mine located 1.6 km (5,400 feet) NNW of Low Divide, near Copper Creek.
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 7 adit symbols
- Adit : High Divide , 1966
- Adit : High Divide , 1966
View individual source records (5)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Simonson Logging Co (Last Shipper) · Historical operator · 1976
- Hamilton,Ep,Hl,And Kb · Source-reported owner · 1976
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chromite
- Magnesiochromite
- Magnesite
- Olivine
- Pyroxene
- Serpentine
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (7)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 25886
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Documented shaft/adit evidence