Mine detail: Crescent City Beach

Previously called 'Yates Beach Mine'

Location:	Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.74371, -124.17144
dep_id:	10038036
mrds_id:	M045296
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Gold
Minor mineral:	Platinum
Trace mineral:	Chromium, Iron, Titanium, Metal
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Beach Placer
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
gangue:	Garnet, Quartz, Zircon
orebody_fm:	LENSES
model:	119: Placer Au-PGE
conc_proc:	Winnowing By Waves
ore_ctrl:	Wave Action
Reporter:	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_type:	Sand and Gravel
tectonic:	California Coast Ranges
Year first produced:	1855
yr_lst_prd:	1914
References:	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.