The Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,014 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,014 Feet (614 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.93806, -123.81889
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Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Day Hawk Shelly Creek Saddle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): MOST GOLD RECOVERED IS COARSE AND ROUGH; SOME FLOUR GOLD AND SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF PLATINUM ARE ALSO RECOVERED.
Comment (Workings): GROUND SLUICING.
Comment (Deposit): SEE PLATE 1 OF CALIF. B. 134, PT. 1, FOR LOCATION OF OLD PATRICK CREEK STATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 302
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. REPT. 21, 1925, P. 291
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