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Owl

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 10030599
MRDS ID M008812
Record type Site
Current site name Owl
Related records 10139405

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.57836, 41.30233 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4 SEC. 35

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 005E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.57836, 41.30233
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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 Sorenson, William

Comments on the production information

  • IDLE. TERRACE DOES NOT SEEM TO EXTEND INTO SEC. 34. NOT SHOWN ON PSFC.

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 512

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACT CONTAINS 200 ACRES OF WHICH ABOUT 65 ACRES CONTAIN GRAVEL OF AN OLD TERRACE OF KLAMATH RIVER. 900' ABOVE PRESENT STREAM OF ELEV. 1300'.

Reporter information

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

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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