Devils Backbone Prospect

Copper site, status unknown · Humboldt County, California

UnknownCopperSurfaceUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · COPPERBENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for copper. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateCalifornia
CountyHumboldt
Coordinates41.15204, -123.43173

Commodities

PrimaryCopper

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeSurface
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10285511
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