Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Del Norte
- Mining district
- Gordon Mountain Area
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Iron
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
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Mine Location
Approximate Area
Approximate Mine Area
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Documented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
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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.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
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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.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Lv Tulare And E V Tulare(Last Operators · Historical operator · 1976
- U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest · Source-reported owner · 1976
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chromite
- Olivine
- Pyroxene
- Serpentine
- Uvarovite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Sources & evidence
USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Dataset information
Related underground mines
California · Del Norte County
Unconfirmed
Iron Past Producer Mixed Underground/Surface
Historical mapped workings available