Mine detail: Clover Flat Placer

Previously called 'Bissel Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.96595, -123.6403

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM045282
DEP10038026
Reference{Deposit:: LAIZURE, C.MCK., 1925, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 21ST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, P. 309.}{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:: IRWIN, W.P., 1960, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 179, FIG. 9.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.