Mine detail: Allen Mine

Previously called 'Red Cap'

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Location: Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.25872, -123.60336
dep_id: 10038024
mrds_id: M045280
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Platinum
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Gold
orebody_fm: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
work_type: Surface
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc: Entrapment By Irregularities In Stream Bed Or Deposition In Low-Energy Part Of Stream
ore_ctrl: Stream Hydraulics
Reporter: Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type: Gravel
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane
References:
  • Deposit:: PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FIELD COMMITTEE, 1960, NATURAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, APPENDIX, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FIG. 3.
  • Deposit:: IRELAN, WILLIAM, JR., 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 219.
  • Deposit:: LOWELL, F.L., 1916, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PT. 3, P. 401.
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