Mine detail: French Hill

Location:	Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.8251, -123.97199
dep_id:	10038033
mrds_id:	M045292
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Platinum
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Gold
orebody_fm:	STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
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
disc_yr:	1860
References:	Deposit:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 278, 303. Deposit:: CATER, F.W., JR., AND WELLS, F.G., 1953, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE GASQUET QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA-OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 995-C, P. 79-133. Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 58-59. Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116. Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 142-143.