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Michigan Salmon

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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038052
MRDS ID M045320
Record type Site
Current site name Michigan Salmon
Alternate or previous names Red Hill Mine
Related records 10262797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.29196, 41.24373 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 15 MI UP SALMON RIVER FROM MOUTH AT SOMES BAR ON KLAMATH RIVER, Accurate Within Mined Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 010N 008E 19,20,21,27,28,29 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. COVERS 2.5 MI ALONG SOUTH FORK NEAR KNOWNOTHING CREEK BEGINNING 1.5 MI ABOVE FORKS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS AT MOUTH OF KNOWNOTHING CREEK

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OSMIRIDIUM IN CALIFORNIA (LOGAN, P. 79). PGE IN SMALL SCALES AND NUGGETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PGE SAMPLE YIELDED 2.95% PT, 97.05% OSMIRIDIUM (LOGAN, P. 109)

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) -123.29196, 41.24373
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salmon River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL OZ ANNUALLY OF PGE, THOUGH LARGE PERCENTAGE WAS PROBABLY NOT RECOVERED

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. 78-79.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 141.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 457.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

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

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