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Two States Mining Co.

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038029
MRDS ID M045286
Record type Site
Current site name Two States Mining Co.
Alternate or previous names Gold Bluff, Whitlock
Related records 10236443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.07893, 41.34705 (WGS84)
Elevation 3
Relative position 50 MI NORTH OF EUREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orick(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 001E 08,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF MAJOR CREEK. PART OF GOLD BLUFFS DEPOSITS. THIS PROPERTY OVERLAPS THAT OF OLDER UNION GOLD BLUFF MINING CO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.017 OZ/YD (290 PPB)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.07893, 41.34705
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 16093M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action, Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME METALS MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM KLAMATH RIVER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1852

Mining district

District name Orick District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Meyers
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • 0.0113 OZ/TON AU. SHORT TEST RUN RECOVERED $0.35/YD AND IT WAS BELIEVED CONSIDERABLE GOLD WAS LOST IN THE TAILING. A LITTLE PT RECOVERED, PROBABLY FROM SEC. 17

Comments on the workings information

  • INTERMITTENT SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 513-515.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    IRWIN, W.P., 1960, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 179, FIG. 9.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 180.

  • Production

    PSFC NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A LITTLE PLATINUM REPORTEDLY RECOVERED, PROBABLY FROM SEC. 17
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045283, 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

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