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Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029797
MRDS ID M007571
Record type Site
Current site name Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle
Related records 10114343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.82004, 41.93788 (WGS84)
Elevation 614
Relative position ON SHELLY CR., 3 MI. BEYOND PATRICK CR. STAGE STATION, OR THE GRANTS PASS ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 003E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.82004, 41.93788
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • MOST GOLD RECOVERED IS COARSE AND ROUGH; SOME FLOUR GOLD AND SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLATINUM ARE ALSO RECOVERED.

Comments on the workings information

  • GROUND SLUICING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 302

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 21, 1925, P. 291

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE PLATE 1 OF CALIF. B. 134, PT. 1, FOR LOCATION OF OLD PATRICK CREEK STATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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