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Murray

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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038019
MRDS ID M045273
Record type Site
Current site name Murray
Alternate or previous names Nelson
Related records 10163232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.49697, 41.36233 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 6 MI UPSTREAM FROM ORLEANS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orleans Mountain(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 006E 04,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. NW BANK OF RIVER WAS ROSALINO MINE. ON KLAMATH RIVER JUST SOUTH OF THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE SALMON RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF ROSALINO CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PT IN REFERENCES CITED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold 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) -123.49697, 41.36233
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klamath River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ed Nitsche
    First year 1946
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Harris
    First year 1948

Comments on the production information

  • MINE HAS BEEN WORKED ON AND OFF FOR MANY YEARS; 3-6 MEN WORK FROM OCTOBER TO JUNE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 47.552HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

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. 511-512.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1948, CURRENT AND RECENT MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE REDDING DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 44, NO. 4, P. 342.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO TERRACES 50 AND 150 FT ABOVE RIVER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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