Weitchpec Bar Placer

Occurrence in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, PGE
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188426
MRDS ID M045277
MAS/MILS ID 0060230083
Record type Site
Current site name Weitchpec Bar Placer
Related records 10038022

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.70474, 41.18813 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weitchpec(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 009 N 004 E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.70474, 41.18813

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V 37 NO 4 OCT. 1941 P 515 PSFC

  • Deposit

    RESORCES OF NW CALIF."

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-DEC-1996 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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.