Weitchpec Bar

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038022
MRDS ID M045277
Record type Site
Current site name Weitchpec Bar
Alternate or previous names Hoopa Indian Reservation
Related records 10188426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.7092, 41.18566 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Relative position AT WEITCHPEC

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weitchpec(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 009N 004E 10 CENTER OF E2 OF NW4 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN HOOPA VALLEY INDIAN RESERVATION. JUST BELOW CONFLUENCE OF KLAMATH AND TRINITY RIVERS. LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF THE TWO RIVERS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS FLOUR TO 1/4 IN. FLAKES; PT IS DUST TO TWO PINHEAD SIZED (LOGAN). PGM IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE AND X-RAY FROM SAMPLE OF PLACER GRAVELS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Sperrylite Ore

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 > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.7092, 41.18566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • TWO MEN REMOVED 10 FT OVERBURDEN IN 1939-1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC. SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 515.

  • Deposit

    PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FIELD COMMITTEE, 1960, NATURAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, APPENDIX, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FIG. 3.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 64-65.

  • Deposit

    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. 32.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J, CLARK, A.L., DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND PARKER, R.L., 1973, PLATINUM GROUP METALS, IN BROBST, D.A., AND PRATT, W.P., EDS., UNITED STATES MINERAL RESOURCES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P. 539.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VALUES ARE WITHIN 3 FT OF BEDROCK. DEPOSIT INCLUDES BENCH GRAVELS
Deposit FORMER RECORD MO45278 HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD (02/92), AS THEY PROBABLY REFER TO THE SAME PROPERTY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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