Fortuna Bar

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163812
MAS/MILS ID 0060230286
Record type Site
Current site name Fortuna Bar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.16304, 40.59374 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fortuna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eureka(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Eel(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003 N 001 E 34 S2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.16304, 40.59374

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canevari Timber Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. MINEFILE DATABASE, JUNE 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATION CONSISTS OF GRAVEL BAR SKIMMING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-JUN-1993 Silva U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.