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Crescent City Beach

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium, Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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 10038036
MRDS ID M045296
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent City Beach
Alternate or previous names Yates Beach Mine
Related records 10284102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.17144, 41.74371 (WGS84)
Elevation 8
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1-5 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY, Accurate Within Beach Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sister Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 015N;016N 001W;001W 02,11;27,34,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BEACH SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AT BORDER OF SECS. 27 AND 34. BLACK SANDS EXTEND ALONG BEACH FROM BREAKWATER SOUTH FOR ABOUT 4 MI. YATES WORKED BEACH ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AND ORO DEL NORTE CO. WORKED BEACH ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Analytical data

Result FORESHORE DEPOSITS CONTAIN ABOUT 0.25% CR2O3

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) -124.17144, 41.74371
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 3.35M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Comments on the geologic information

  • NORTHERN DEL NORTE COUNTY COAST IS BORDERED BY AN EMERGED MARINE TERRACE. MUCH OF THE BEACH SAND IS REWORKED TERRACE MATERIAL AND CONSISTS OF HALF SAND AND HALF GRAVEL. HEAVY MINERALS PROBABLY ULTIMATELY DERIVED FROM SMITH AND KLAMATH RIVERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1914

Mining district

District name Crescent City District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oro Del Norte Co.
    First year 1914

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PT FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL-SCALE MINING

Comments on development

  • IN 1913-1914 A PLANT FOR RECOVERING AU AND PT OPERATED. IN 1918, E.V. DAVELER CONCLUDED THAT CHROMITE COULD NOT BE CONCENTRATED BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH IRON CONTENT (24% FE).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 268, 279.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 178.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT.1, CH. 1, P. 24, 75-76.

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUB. MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M100192 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

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

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