Mine detail: Union Gold Bluff Mining Co.

Previously called 'Lower Gold Bluffs'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.38927, -124.07059

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Rhodium, Platinum, Osmium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Palladium
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: BEACH SANDS

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:California Coast Ranges

References

MRDSM045283
DEP10038027
Reference{Deposit:: IRELAN, WILLIAM, 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 216-217.}{Deposit:: SNETSINGER, K.G., 1972, OSARSITE, A NEW OSMIUM-RUTHENIUM SULFARSENIDE FROM CALIFORNIA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 57, NO. 7-8, P. 1029-1036.}{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.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.