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Hoopa Indian Reservation

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Platinum, Iridium, Osmium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038023
MRDS ID M045278
Record type Site
Current site name Hoopa Indian Reservation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.70753, 41.18427 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY ON KLAMATH RIVER 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

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY IN GRAVELS ON KLAMATH NEAR WEITCHPEC BAR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sperrylite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.70753, 41.18427
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klamath River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J., CLARK, A.L., DESBOROUGH, G.A., AND PARKER, R.L., 1973, PLATINUM GROUP METALS: IN USGS PROF. PAPER 820, P. 539

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. 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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