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Big Lagoon Mining Co.

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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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. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109524
MRDS ID M045284
Record type Site
Current site name Big Lagoon Mining Co.
Related records 10260919

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.11587, 41.17872 (WGS84)
Elevation 2
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 9 MI SOUTH OF ORICK, Accurate Within Lagoon

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rodgers Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orick(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 009N;009N 001E;001W 06,07,18;01,12,13 California

Comments on the location information

  • PARTLY WITHIN DRY LAGOON STATE PARK. IN THE MIDDLE OF BIG LAGOON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 2.5 OZ/TON (86 PPM) AU, 0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM) PT IN CONCENTRATE SAMPLES RECALCULATE TO 0.0083 OZ/YD (140 PPB) AU, 0.0017 OZ/YD (57 PPB) PT

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 > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.11587, 41.17872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEACH SANDS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Wave Action

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855

Mining district

District name Northern California Beach Sands

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Big Lagoon Mining Co.
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING OF LAGOON. ROCKERS, TOMS, AND SLUICES IN EARLY DAYS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41-42.

  • Deposit

    WATTS, W.L., 1893, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU 11TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 230-232.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD M008684 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 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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