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Little Creek

Occurrence in Trinity 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038043
MRDS ID M045307
Record type Site
Current site name Little Creek
Related records 10238991

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.26001, 40.58568 (WGS84)
Elevation 670
Relative position ON HAYFORK CREEK 11 MI EAST OF HYAMPOM AT MOUTH OF LITTLE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Halfway Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 012W 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO OR MORE COLORS OF PT CAN BE OBTAINED FROM EVERY PAN TAKEN FROM BEDROCK (LOGAN, P. 92)

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) -123.26001, 40.58568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinity River (Hayfork) Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roy Peterson
    First year 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 92.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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