Del Norte Co., California, USA

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The northwest-most county in California on the Pacific ocean and Oregon state line. The name is a contraction of the Spanish for the "Land of the North."

References

Emory, Wm. Hemsley (1848), Notes of a military reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth in Missouri to San Diego in California, including part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers: 30th. Congress, 1st. session, S. Ex. Doc. 7: 5-126.

Mining and Scientific Press (1874), Quicksilver in Del Norte County: Mining and Scientific Press: 29: 104.

McGregor, A. (1890), Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Shasta Counties: California Mining Bureau. Report 10: 166-168, 205-208, 311-314, 627-641.

Watts, Wm. L. (1893), Alameda, Colusa, Del Norte, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, Santa Clara, San Joaquin, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Kern, Lake, Contra Costa, Tehama, Tulare Counties California Mining Bureau. Report 11: 121-138, 179-199, 210-240, 249-258, 319-322, 334-336, 374-375, 394, 453-479, 485-492.

Crawford, James John (1896), Del Norte County, Thirteenth report of the State Mineralogist: California Mining Bureau. (Report 13): 13: circa p. 58.

Lowell, F.L. (1916), Mines and mineral resources of the counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus: California Mining Bureau. (Report 14): 14(3): 371-425.

Eakle, Arthur Starr (1922), Massive troilite from Del Norte County, California: American Mineralogist: 7: 77-80.

Haley, C.S. (1923) Gold placers of California. California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 92, 167 pp.

Laizure, Clyde McK (1925), San Francisco field division: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Mining Bureau (Report 21): 21(3): 281-324.

Maxson, John Haviland (1933), Economic geology of portions of Del Norte and Siskiyou Counties, northwesternmost California: California Division Mines Report 29: 123-160.

Wells, F.G., Cater, F.W., and Rynearson, G.A. (1946), Chromite deposits of Del Norte County, California: California Division Mines Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 1: 1-76.

O’Brien, J.C. (1952b), Mines and minerals of Del Norte County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology (Report 48): 48(4): 261-309.

Cater, F.W. & F.G. Wells (1953), Geology and mineral resources of the Gasquet quadrangle, California-Oregon: USGS Bulletin 955-C: 79-133. (Del Norte Co).

Benson, W.T. (1963), Pine Flat and Diamond Flat Nickel-bearing Laterite Deposits, Del Norte County, California; U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 6206.

Snetsinger, K.G. (1973) Ferroan starkeyite from Del Norte County, California. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 229.

Dunning, Gail E. and Joseph F. Cooper, Jr. (2002) Paragenesis of Troilite from the Low Divide District, Del Norte County, California.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Aragonite Arsenopyrite Awaruite Bismuth Bornite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcocite Chalcopyrite Chromite Cinnabar 'Clay' Clinochlore var: Chromian Clinochlore Cobaltite Cobaltpentlandite Copper Cuprite Diamond Enargite

'Erionite' Erythrite Ferrimolybdite Ferrobarroisite 'Garnierite' Glaucophane Goethite Gold var: Electrum Graphite Gypsum Iridium Kaolinite Lawsonite Limonite Magnesiochromite Magnesite Magnetite Malachite

Manganite Marcasite Maucherite Melanterite var: Cuprian Melanterite Mercury Metacinnabar 'Monazite' Muscovite var: Sericite Népouite 'Nickel-iron' Offretite 'Olivine' Osmium var: Iridosmine Pentlandite Platinum Pyrite Pyrolusite Pyrrhotite

Quartz var: Chert 'Serpentine Group' Silver Sphalerite Starkeyite var: Ferroan Starkeyite Taenite Talc Tenorite Tetrahedrite Tochilinite Troilite Uvarovite Valleriite Wollastonite Zaratite

78 entries listed. 58 valid minerals.

Localities in this Region

USA California Del Norte Co. Coastal Range Crescent City area Elk Creek Unnamed Zeolite occurrence (1) Douglas Park Lost Horizon placer Myrtle Creek placer (Myrtle Creek Placer Mining Co.; Waganer) Myrtle Creek Quartz Mine Nels Christensen Mine (Christensen Mine) Sure Shot Placer Mine Unnamed Au placer (12) Unnamed Sandstone deposit (1) Fort Dick Hartley Rock Quarry Lower Klamath River Crescent City Elk Valley Quarry No. 1 (Elk Valley pit and mill) Elk Valley Quarry No. 2 Northeast of Crescent City Unnamed Cu claim (1) Northwest of Crescent City Unnamed Graphite occurrence (1) Unnamed Au-Pt placer deposit (1) Unspecified Cr-Cu-REE occurrences (1) Uvaldon V Miller pit Klamath Mts Adams Station Edwards Mine Fairview occurrence Gasquet laterite deposit Margy occurrence Bald Hill Bill Hudson Placer Mine Billy Boy Hawkins Mine (Hawkins Mine; Billy Boy Mine; Divide claim) French Hill Mine George Whiston occurrence Ora Anna Quartz Mine (Crescent City Mine) Oro Pino prospect Sweet Marie occurrence Blue Creek Mountain Blue Creek Mountains Mine Boulder Ridge Shelly Creek Saddie occurrence Broken Rib Mountain Monkey Creek occurrence Cant Hook Mountain Aurora occurrence (Aurora Extension; Copper Hill) Big Cut Placer Mine China Mine (Big Flat; Ora Grande; Oro Verde) Contact claim Fourth of July Mine French Mine Gilmore prospect Unnamed Au placer (6) Chicago Peak Ebon Mine Condrey Mountain Craigs Creek Mountain Coon Creek Mine (Coon Flat; Coon Mountain) Lind Mine Crazy Peak Alyce & Blue Jay occurrence Bee Quartz prospect C.M.S. Strategic Metals prospect East Fork Chromite prospect Jesse Chromite prospect Lost Chrome prospect N. B. & K. Chromite Unnamed Cr occurrence (1) Unnamed Cr occurrence (3) Diamond Creek District Diamond Creek Klamath Mts Diamond Creek District Rockland Unspecified Hg occurrence (4) Pearl Mine Rockland Bears Nest occurrence Big Boy Mine (Big Boy group; Big Boy Cinnabar group) Blue Gravel Placer Mine Cleopatra Mine (Dedrick Mine) Five Diamonds occurrence High Plateau Mountain Black Prince occurrence Bluebird Mine (High Point Mine) Bonanza claim Brown's Mountain (Browns Mine) Brown Mine (High Plateau Browns Mine) Dan Laterite claims (Dan claims Nos. 1-11) Judy Mine (Victory No 2; Judy claims 1-3-4; Judy group; Hicks Mine) Ni-Cal prospect Peridotite Canyon Azalea claims Dipper Extension Mine Skyline Mine (Skyline deposit) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (1) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (3) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (5) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (9) Keystone Mine McKee occurrence Mercury group Pine Flat Mountain Diamond Flat laterite occurrence (DF Laterite; Smith River area; DF claims Nos. 1-13) Hole in the Ground Mine (Lucky Queen Gold claim; Sarina) Stone Corral Lookout (Stone Corral laterite) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (4) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (8) Pleasant Day group Prudential Mine Richey property Stone deposit Sunny Brook prospect (Sunnybrook prospect; Diamond Creek Cinnabar Company; Rockland; Riamond Creek) Unnamed Hg occurrence (5) Unnamed Ni occurrence (1) Unspecified Cu occurrence (2) Wilmot occurrence (Patrick Creek; Shulte Brothers; High Dome) Doctor Rock Doctor Rock occurrence Fox Ridge Lone Grave Nos. 1 and 2 Mine Muzzle Loader Mine (Stevens Mine) Ramage and Campbell Placer Mine Rebble Beach area Stevens No. 2 Mine French Hill Aurora Morgan placer Camp 7 group Cleary placer Del Norte occurrence Doctor Young Placer Mine French Hill Jims Placer Mine Morrell Placer Mine Star and Rough and Ready Mine French Hill Chrome Mine (French Hill deposit; Tyson Mine; J. & W. Mine) French Hill Placer prospect Last Chance Mine Lucky Day Placer Mine Unnamed Au placer [11] (Klondike - ?) Gasquet Angela Chromite Mine (Angela deposit) Blackjack deposit Gasquet Mountain Niggerhead occurrence Skyline occurrence (High Dome occurrence) Unnamed Au placer (7) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (7) High Plateau Mine Lower Elk Camp Ridge deposit (Ridge claims; Ridge Nickel claims; GTR claims Nos. 1-18) Unspecified Magnetite occurrence (1) Zinc Saddle group (Gordon Mountain group) Gordon Mountain Camp Eight Mine (Camp 8 claim; Camp 8 group; St. Patrick claim) Camp Six Lookout Cooncan prospect Goose Egg Mine (Apex Mine; Apex Goose Egg Mine) Gordon Mountain Ni occurrence Grumpy claim (Grumpy Mine; Grumpy and Stevens Mine [?]) Patterson No. 1 Mine (Johnson Place; J. H. Crothers) Rowan Mine (Big Dipper Mine; Bowan Mine) Smith River placers Sunset Mine (Darnell Mine) Thursday Evening occurrence

USA California Del Norte Co. Klamath Mts Gordon Mountain Upper Coon Mountain occurrence Haines Flat Haines Flat placer (Haynes Flat placer) Jeanne group claims Jones Ridge Star placer Unnamed Au occurrence (1) Little Grayback Quartz Junction No. 5 occurrence Little Rattlesnake Mountain Big Five Mine (Inman No. 5 Mine) Carla Mine Crescent claim Cuneo Inman No. 1 Deleray and Rodgers claim Goose Creek claim Inman No. 2 Mine Little Rattlesnake Mountain deposit Lucky Lode prospect Old Doe Mine Pigeon Roost Spring claim Section Sixteen claim Soldier's Well Mine (McClendon Mine) Sourpuss claim Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (11) Low Divide District Copper Creek Head of Copper Creek Unspecified Mines High Divide Broken Ladder Mine High Divide laterite deposit Mountain View Mines (Tyson Mine; High Divide Mine) Low Divide Alta Mine (Alta California Mine; Alta Copper claim) Aurora (Cougar Hill) Copper Creek Mine Copper Hill group Express occurrence Gooch claim Occidental Mine (Occidental group) One Eyed Jack Nos. 1; 2 and 3 (Zoar) Smith River Flat Superior Mine (Mammoth Mine; Atlantic-Pacific Mine) Theone occurrence (Hance & Webb) Union Mine (Salt Lake-California Mine) Unnamed Au occurrence (10) Unnamed Au placer [3] (Patrick Creek placer) Unnamed Mn occurrence (2) Zaar occurrence (Oriental occurrence) Low Divide area Monument group Lower Coon Mountain Antone Kaus Mine Coon Creek Number 1 Mine (Pine Flat; Pine Flat Bench) Craigs Creek placer Lower Coon Mountain occurrence Monkey Creek Upper Monkey Creek North Fork Smith River Patrick Creek District Cold Spring Mountain Wonder Mine (Bienick & Martin; Applicants) Elk Camp Ridge Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (2) Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (6) High Dome Alameda Mine Chrome Hill Number 1 Mine (Hance & Webb; Hance and Webb; Theone) Egger's claim Elk Camp Laterite deposit Eva Mine Holiday Mine (Holiday Chrome Mine; Holiday group; High Dome Mine) Logan Mine (High Plateau Mine) Shelley Creek property Tangerine claim (Toujoure Gai Mine; Elk Camp Mine) Tuesday Morning Mine Unnamed Cr-PGE prospect (10) Unnamed Hg occurrence (6) Unspecified Hg occurrence (1) Webb Mine (Schults Brothers Mine; Schultz Mine; Simbro Mine; Croesus Gulch Mine; Wilmot Mine; Patrick Creek Mine; High Dome Mine) Lawyers Bar Elk Horn Placer Mine Monkey Creek placer Monte-Rio claim Shelley Creek Shelly Creek Ridge Day Hawk-Shelly Creek Saddle Oak Flat and East Fork groups (Patrick Creek group) Monumental Anderson prospect Blue Rock Nos. 1-5 prospects (Morning Group Nos. 1 & 2; Lucky Strike Nos. 1-3) Britten occurrence (Britton occurrence) Call A Group Flag occurrence Hard Luck Mine Hunters Luck occurrence Monumental Consolidated Quartz Mine Old Crow occurrence Schofield occurrence (Klondike) Unnamed Au placer (4) Unnamed Cr occurrence (2) Patrick Creek Cam Laterite Extension (Wonder Mine; GTR Nos. 1-18) Early Ray group George Washington placer Idora Mine Oak Grove Nos. 1 & 2 Mines Unnamed Hg occurrence (3) Unnamed Marcasite occurrence (1) Pigeon Roost Pigeon Roost Spring Barrick Mine (Buckskin Mine; Bar Rick Mine) High Channel Placer Mine Rainy Weather-Burns claims Rattlesnake Mountain - Little Rattlesnake Mountain Ni-Co deposit Porters Camp Jumbo occurrence (UP; Blucher & Lone Star lode) Unnamed Hg occurrence (2) Rattlesnake Flat Midnight occurrence Rattlesnake Mountain Big Buck claim Mud Spring Mine Unnamed Au placer (9) Rocky Saddle Big Flat (Ovo Grande; Oro Verde) Red Mountain area Big Red Mountain Chrome Mines (Claim No. 1; Red Mountain claim) Red Mountain occurrence (Red Mountain Meadow; South Red Mountain) Sanger Peak Chicago Camp (Del Norte Camp) Sanger Peak occurrence Scott Bar area Sunrise Nos. 1 and 2 Mine (Stinson Mine) Signal Peak Cooke occurrence George Cook claims Two Boy Placer Mine Unnamed Au placer (5) Siskiyou Wilderness area Black Butte Unnamed Au occurrence (8) Unnamed Cu-Au occurrence (1) South Fork Smith River Table Mountain Unnamed Cr occurrence (4) Washington Flat Coleman placer Fir Tree placer Higgins Mountain group Jenkins Brothers occurrence Red Robin No. 2 placer Siskiyou Fork Trail placer (Ironside) Unnamed Au placer (2) Youngs Peak White Feather occurrence Rattlesnake Mine Smith River Gilbert Creek deposit Mountain Quarries and mill Tryon Corner Crescent City Rock & Sand Company Mine (McGlendon) Unspecified lawsonite-glaucophane occurrence (1)