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Upper Gold Bluffs

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260415
MRDS ID W023647
MAS/MILS ID 0060230035
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Gold Bluffs
Alternate or previous names Pioneer Placer
Related records 10110668

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.06725, 41.36063 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orick(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)

Federal lands

Redwood National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 011 N 001 E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • TOWNSHIP SHOULD READ 011 N.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.06725, 41.36063
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. REPT. 8 P. 216 REPT. 12 P.;134; USCG REPT FIG. 3

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SECS 16 21 28 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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