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White Horse

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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092283
MRDS ID M008828
Record type Site
Current site name White Horse
Related records 10236023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50169, 41.34594 (WGS84)
Relative position ON FIVE MILE CR.

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 011N 006E 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50169, 41.34594
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George W. Smith, A. W. Mcbride, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS REPORTED THAT THE WHITE QUARTZ GIVES GOOD ASSAYS IN GOLD. IT IS STAINED BROWN BY OXIDES OF IRON AND A LITTLE IS STAINED GREEN BY MALACHITE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1000 FT. OF UNDERGROUND DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1939; ASSESSMENT WORK IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 516

  • Deposit

    PSFC NOTES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES RED TOP, ORLEANS, HORNED OWL, KLAMATH PRIDE, BROWN IRON AND WHITE HORSE CLAIMS AND A MILLSITE. GOLD CORD DEV. CO. HELD AN OPTION ON THE MINE IN 1939.

Reporter information

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

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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