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Peterson 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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038054
MRDS ID M045323
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Mine
Related records 10231639

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12084, 41.27151 (WGS84)
Elevation 841
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3 MI FROM SAWYERS BAR UP EDDY GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.25 MI SOUTH OF DAGUERRA POINT AND 1 MI NORTHWEST OF HAMMONTON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BROWNS VALLEY 1:24000
  • UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP AT CONFLUENCE OF HARVEY AND EDDY GULCHES

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGEST PT NUGGET WEIGHED 23 GRAINS

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) -123.12084, 41.27151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS. FALSE BEDROCK OF VOLCANIC ASH IS BASE OF GOLD VALUES.
  • SLATE BEDROCK

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

  • 1916 0.0000033 OZ/TON (0.055 PPB) PT, 0.0000008 OZ/TON (0.014 PPB) OS
  • "GREAT DEAL" OF GOLD EACH YEAR. UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PT AND OS ESTIMATES FOR COMBINED RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING
  • HYDRAULIC

Comments on development

  • DREDGING BEGAN 1903. OPERATED BY YUBA GOLDFIELDS, INC., FROM MARCH 1975 TO JUNE 1976 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AS UNPROFITABLE. PROPERTY WAS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST PLACER OPERATION IN 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 80.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M046794 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Deposit Discovery Year: GOLD RUSH
Deposit First Production Year: 1905 FOR DREDGING

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

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