Mine detail: Orcutt Hydraulic Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 41.22234, -123.24974

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Ore: Gold, Platinum
Orebody form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stream Placer
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

Host type:Gravel
Tectonic:Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM045321
DEP10109535
Reference{Deposit:: LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 80.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 141.}{Deposit:: CLARK, W.B., PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.}
ReporterBlair, Will N., Peterson, Jocelyn A.