| Deposit ID | 60000941 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M045300 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Junction City |
| Alternate or previous names | Bergin Placer, Laws, Eldorado |
| Related records | 10141902 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.09781, 40.73235 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | PARTS OF DREDGED AREA LIE WITHIN TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST. DREDGING TOOK PLACE FOR ABOUT 8 MI ALONG RIVER NEAR JUNCTION CITY AND INCLUDE SMALLER CLAIMS SUCH AS BERGIN PLACER (FORMERLY A SEPARATE RECORD BUT MERGED WITH THIS RECORD 01/92). LOCATION GIVEN IS IN TAILINGS EAST OF BENJAMIN FLAT AT JUNCTION CITY, ACCURATE WITHIN DREDGING AREA, ACCURATE WITHIN DREDGING AREA |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Trinity(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Junction City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Trinity(hydrologic unit)
Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Trinity |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Secondary |
| Model code | 119 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 39a |
| Deposit model name | Placer Au-PGE |
| Mark3 model number | 54 |
| (1) | -123.09781, 40.73235 |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | JUNCTION CITY MINING CO. |
| Year | 1938 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. CASTRO AND OTHERS |
| Year | 1939 |
CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.
CLARK, W. B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMAITON SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.
SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 33.
AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU, AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 117.
AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 37, NO. 1, P. 25-26.
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