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Smith River Placers

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
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  9. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072340
MRDS ID W017558
Record type Site
Current site name Smith River Placers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.83448, 41.78315 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurdygurdy Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(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 Del Norte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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