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Nels Christensen Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038035
MRDS ID M045295
Record type Site
Current site name Nels Christensen Mine
Related records 10211669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05144, 41.79676 (WGS84)
Elevation 34
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF HIOUCHI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hiouchi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 016N 001E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. AT MOUTH OF SOUTH FORK OF SMITH RIVER, ON SOUTH BANK. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE CROSSING SOUTH FORK ABOUT 0.2 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT VERY FINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result PT:AU SMALL

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) -124.05144, 41.79676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BENCH GRAVELS

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 Smith River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION. LOGAN PANNED SOME PT HERE. MINE OPERATOR HAD NOT BEEN SAVING IT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 70.418HA

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 60-61.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 142-143.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BENCHES ABOVE RIVER LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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