Mine detail: Crescent City Beach

Previously called 'Yates Beach Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.74371, -124.17144

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium, Iron, Titanium, Metal
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet, Quartz, Zircon
Orebody form: LENSES

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Beach Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1855
Last production ended: 1914

Geology

Host type:Sand and Gravel
Tectonic:California Coast Ranges

References

MRDSM045296
DEP10038036
Reference{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:: *RIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 268, 279.}{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 178.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT.1, CH. 1, P. 24, 75-76.}{Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUB. MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.