Mine detail: Macintosh Mine

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Location: Humboldt County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.94484, -123.6303
dep_id: 10109529
mrds_id: M045301
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Trace mineral: Osmium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium
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:
  • Deposit:: SNETSINGER, K.G., 1971, ERLICHMANITE, OSS2, A NEW MINERAL: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 56, NO. 9-10, P. 1501-1506.
  • Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.
  • Deposit:: SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 33.
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