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Koon Ranch

Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Palladium, Ruthenium, Iron, Rhodium, Nickel, Copper
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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 10038044
MRDS ID M045309
Record type Site
Current site name Koon Ranch
Alternate or previous names South Fork Trinity River
Related records 10117134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.60613, 40.87984 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position 1 MI UPSTREAM FROM HAMMER PROPERTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salyer(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

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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 006N 005E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. ON SOUTH FORK TRINITY RIVER. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR 1 MILE MARKER SHOWN ON TOPO MAP
  • Used PLS and GIS to determine lat/long. Property is about 2 miles above mouth of South Fork of Trinity River. The river is the border between two counties, and this is in the river and bank.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AU AND PGE FINE AND FLAKY. SNETSINGER GIVES LOCALITY OF PT NUGGET AS STREAM GRAVELS FROM SOUTH FORK OF TRINITY RIVER. IRIDOSMINE IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iridosmine Ore
Platinum 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) -123.60613, 40.87984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Comments on the geologic information

  • SLATE BEDROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinity River (South Fork) Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. A. Koon
    First year 1917

Comments on the production information

  • PLATINUM GRADE DOES NOT SEEM REASONABLE (J PETERSON, 02/92)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 24.282HA

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. 88.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SNETSINGER, K.G., 1971, A PLATINUM-METAL NUGGET FROM TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 56, NO. 5-6, P. 1101-1105.

Reporter information

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