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Myrtle Creek Placer

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 10109526
MRDS ID M045291
Record type Site
Current site name Myrtle Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Waganer
Related records 10114285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05533, 41.80149 (WGS84)
Elevation 64
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTHEAST OF HIOUCHI, Accurate Along Myrtle Creek

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)

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 001E 03,04,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • PARTLY UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. ON MYRTLE CREEK AT MOUTH AND UP CREEK FOR 1 MI. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT CROSSING OF MYRTLE CREEK BY HIGHWAY 199.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS ROUND AND COARSE

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) -124.05533, 41.80149
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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 Smith River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Myrtle Creek Placer Mining Co. (-
    Last year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC MINING OF BENCHES, SLUICING OF RIVER GRAVELS

Comments on development

  • IDLE LONG TIME (1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 59-60.

  • 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 OF CALIFORNIA: CAILFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 142-143.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 305.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PT REPORTED IN BENCH GRAVELS ONLY. PAY GRAVEL COVERED BY HEAVY OVERBURDEN; METAL VALUES IN BENCHES ARE WITHIN 2 FT OF BEDROCK. SHALLOW DIGGINGS IN STREAM ARE RICH IN GOLD
Deposit RECORD M007265 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

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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