Mine detail: Two States Mining Co.

Previously called 'Gold BluffWhitlock'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.34705, -124.07893

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1852

Geology

Host type:Gravel,Sand and Gravel,Alluvium
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM045286
DEP10038029
Reference{Deposit:: AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 513-515.}{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. 180.}{Production:: PSFC NOTES}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.