Mine detail: Forks of Salmon

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Location: Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.37566, -123.49197
dep_id: 10109521
mrds_id: M045272
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
References:
  • LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 67
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