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Allen Mine

Past 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038024
MRDS ID M045280
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Cap
Related records 10285271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.60336, 41.25872 (WGS84)
Elevation 98
Relative position ON KLAMATH RIVER AT MOUTH OF RED CAP CREEK.

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 010N 005E 15 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT CONFLUENCE OF ALLEN AND RED CAP CREEKS ABOUT 0.1 MI FROM KLAMATH RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT REPORTED IN MINTED GOLD

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) -123.60336, 41.25872
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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 Past 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 Owner
    Owner Allen, A. H.
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 28.329HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    IRELAN, WILLIAM, JR., 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 219.

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F.L., 1916, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PT. 3, P. 401.

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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