Mine detail: Beegum Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.34624, -122.85971

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Platinum
Tertiary:	Osmium, Iridium
Ore:	Gold, Platinum
Orebody form:	PROBABLY POCKETS OR LENSES IN STREAM-SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type:	Placer
Deposit type:	Stream Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host type:	Gravel
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDS	M045338
DEP	10038066
Reference	{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 48, 49, 109.}{Deposit:: SPENCER, C.H. JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY-MINERAL STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 29.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 137-138.}
Reporter	Blair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.