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Blue Nose Mine

Producer in Siskiyou 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038050
MRDS ID M045317
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Nose Mine
Related records 10286462

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.53086, 41.56733 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position ON KLAMATH RIVER 18 MI UPSTREAM FROM SOMES BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dillon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Siskiyou

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION IS UNCERTAIN BUT IS PRESUMED TO BE AT BLUE NOSE BLUFFS. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON ROAD IN CENTER OF BLUFFS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT UNIFORMLY FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.53086, 41.56733
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klamath River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • CLEAN-UP OF PT IN 1916 LESS THAN $10. PT TYPICALLY NOT SAVED

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION IN 1916

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 BENCHES OF GRAVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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