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Nichols

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092277
MRDS ID M008805
Record type Site
Current site name Nichols

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.56613, 41.25177 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orleans(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 010N 005E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.56613, 41.25177
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner L. R. Nichols And G. F. Willhite.

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY IN 1940 A PIT ROUGHLY 150 FT. BY 100 FT. BY 8 FT. DEEP HAD YIELDED $700 IN GOLD. A CREW OF FOUR MEN WAS EMPLOYED.

Comments on the workings information

  • RIFFLE SLUICE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 512

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANS CALL FOR INSTALLATION OF A ONE CU. YD. DRAGLINE OUTFIT TO WORK THE BARS WHICH ARE SAID TO BE MUCH HIGHER IN GRADE THAN THE GRAVELS OF THE TERRACE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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