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Orleans Placer

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. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109523
MRDS ID M045279
Record type Site
Current site name Orleans Placer
Alternate or previous names Bar Placer Mining Co., Stony Bar Mining Co., Wilder Claim, Graham Flat Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.55447, 41.29316 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Accurate Within Placer Area

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;010N;011N;011N 005E;006E;005E;006E 1;6;25,36;30,31 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. ON KLAMATH RIVER 0.25 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM ORLEANS TO CAMP CREEK, MOSTLY ON NORTHWEST RIVER BANK. PT FOUND IN SEC. 1, T. 10 N., R. 5 E. AND SEC. 36, T. 11 N., R. 5 E. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT END OR ROAD THAT RUNS INTO TAILINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED

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) -123.55447, 41.29316
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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 AND SERPENTINE BEDROCK; QUARTZ SEAMS ARE PRESENT IN SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status 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 Operator
    Owner J. H. Crothers And Others
    First year 1941
  • Type Owner
    Owner California Mining And Dredging Syndicate
    First year 1916

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 526.11HA

Comments on the workings information

  • DREDGING

Comments on development

  • 160 ACRES PATENTED IN 1880. 1925 REPORT - 1300 ACRES PATENTED LAND AND 600 ACRES UNPATENTED LAND. LAST WORKED IN 1913.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 512.

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C.MCK., 1925, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 21ST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, P. 310.

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 133.

  • Deposit

    LOWELL, F.L., 1916, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PT. 3, P. 403-404.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON LOW RIVER BARS AND PRESENT STREAM CHANNEL OF KLAMATH RIVER; MOSTLY NORTHWEST BANK OF RIVER - SOME ACROSS RIVER.
Deposit RECORD W023665 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. SEE ALSO: MRDS M045274.

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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