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Union Gold Bluff Mining Co.

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038027
MRDS ID M045283
Record type Site
Current site name Union Gold Bluff Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Lower Gold Bluffs
Related records 10211900

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.07059, 41.38927 (WGS84)
Elevation 6
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI NORTH OF ORICK, EXTENDING ALONG BEACH FOR ABOUT 4 MI, Accurate Along Beach, Accurate Along Beach, Accurate Along Beach

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fern Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Redwood National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 011N;012N 001E;001E 04,08,09,16,17,20;33 California

Comments on the location information

  • PARTIALLY WITHIN PRAIRIE CREEK REDWOODS STATE PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF SQUASHAN CREEK. PROPERTY EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THERE FOR ABOUT 4 MI

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED PGE OCCURRENCES, SNETSINGER GIVES LOCALITY AS GOLD BLUFFS, CA. OSARSITE IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GOLD 900-950 FINE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.07059, 41.38927
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEACH SANDS
    Length 6437.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northern California Beach Sands

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATE IS FOR UPPER AND LOWER GOLD BLUFFS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WILLIAM, 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 216-217.

  • Deposit

    SNETSINGER, K.G., 1972, OSARSITE, A NEW OSMIUM-RUTHENIUM SULFARSENIDE FROM CALIFORNIA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 57, NO. 7-8, P. 1029-1036.

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FIELD COMMITTEE, 1960, NATURAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, APPENDIX, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FIG. 3.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS ARE ERODED FROM BLUFFS BEHIND BEACH, WHICH IS ANCIENT MOUTH OF KLAMATH RIVER
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045286, M045287.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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