The Owl is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California.
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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
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Owl MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Owl
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Sorenson, William
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Placer
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 (Workings): HYDRAULIC
Comment (Production): IDLE. TERRACE DOES NOT SEEM TO EXTEND INTO SEC. 34. NOT SHOWN ON PSFC.
Comment (Deposit): TRACT CONTAINS 200 ACRES OF WHICH ABOUT 65 ACRES CONTAIN GRAVEL OF AN OLD TERRACE OF KLAMATH RIVER. 900' ABOVE PRESENT STREAM OF ELEV. 1300'.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 512
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