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Ten Eyck Mine

Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038051
MRDS ID M045319
Record type Site
Current site name Ten Eyck Mine
Related records 10287810

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50392, 41.40289 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 2.5 MI ABOVE MOUTH OF SALMON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bark Shanty Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(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 GIVEN IS FOR MOUTH OF TENEYCK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Secondary
Iridium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS COARSE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Platinum Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF PGE CONCENTRATE YIELDED 8.33% PT, 91.66% OSMIRIDIUM

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) -123.50392, 41.40289
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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 AND SERPENTINE 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

  • SMALL BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION REPORTED. ONE SHIPMENT OF ORE MADE IN OCTOBER 1917

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 67

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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