The Two States Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 10 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 10 Feet (3 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.34722, -124.07778
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Two States Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two States Mining Co.
Secondary: Gold Bluff
Secondary: Whitlock
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
District: Orick District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank Meyers
Years: 1941 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1852
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.017 OZ/YD (290 PPB)
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): A LITTLE PLATINUM REPORTEDLY RECOVERED, PROBABLY FROM SEC. 17
Comment (Workings): INTERMITTENT SMALL-SCALE ACTIVITY
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045283, M045287.
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF MAJOR CREEK. PART OF GOLD BLUFFS DEPOSITS. THIS PROPERTY OVERLAPS THAT OF OLDER UNION GOLD BLUFF MINING CO.
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF PT
Comment (Geology): SOME METALS MAY HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM KLAMATH RIVER
Comment (Production): 0.0113 OZ/TON AU. SHORT TEST RUN RECOVERED $0.35/YD AND IT WAS BELIEVED CONSIDERABLE GOLD WAS LOST IN THE TAILING. A LITTLE PT RECOVERED, PROBABLY FROM SEC. 17
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 180.
Reference (Production): PSFC NOTES
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 513-515.
Reference (Deposit): IRWIN, W.P., 1960, GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COAST RANGES AND KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA, WITH A SUMMARY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 179, FIG. 9.
Reference (Deposit): PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FIELD COMMITTEE, 1960, NATURAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, APPENDIX, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FIG. 3.
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