USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Santa Clara County
Hooker Creek
Unconfirmed Copper Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Santa Clara
- Development status
- Occurrence
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Copper
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Cu-Au-Ag occurrence/mine located in the center NW¼ sec. 10, T9S, R1W, MDM, 1.5 km (4,800 feet) E of Lexington Hills, and 7 miles S of Los Gatos, on the crest of the divide between Hendrys Creek on the N and Hooker Gulch on the S (above Aldercroft Hei…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Occurrence
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Malachite
- Azurite
- Chalcopyrite
- commodity:Copper
- commodity:Gold
- commodity:Silver
- Malachite
- Pyrrhotite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 92255
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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