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Cottonwood Creek

Producer in Shasta 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. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038069
MRDS ID M045342
Record type Site
Current site name Cottonwood Creek
Related records 10140856

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.2847, 40.37625 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 14 MI NORTH OF RED BLUFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 29N 04W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS ON COTTONWOOD CREEK AT CROSSING OF INTERSTATE 5 AT COUNTY LINE. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW FAR UP AND DOWN STREAM MINING TOOK PLACE

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PGM SAMPLE YIELDED 33% PT, 50% IR, 17% OSMIRIDIUM (LOGAN, P. 38)

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) -122.2847, 40.37625
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Shasta Dredging Co.
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 38.

  • 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-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.

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Authoritative California resources

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