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Antone Kaus

Producer in Del Norte 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038030
MRDS ID M045288
Record type Site
Current site name Antone Kaus

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.9606, 41.79482 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI SOUTH OF GASQUET

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016N 002E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MOUTH OF TRIBUTARY TO CRAIGS CREEK JUST WEST OF KAUS' CABIN, WHERE LOGAN PANNED SOME PLATINUM. O'BRIEN GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 1, T. 16 N., R. 1 E., BUT THIS DOES NOT FIT WELL WITH DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

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) -123.9606, 41.79482
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Klamath River (South Fork) Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Hugh L. Germain

Comments on the production information

  • PIECES OF PT WORTH $25 FOUND (ABOUT 2.25 OZ)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 300.

  • 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

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS M045294.

Reporter information

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

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