The Crescent City Beach is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 26 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 26 Feet (8 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.74389, -124.17028
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Crescent City Beach MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent City Beach
Secondary: Yates Beach Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Crescent City 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: Oro Del Norte Co.
Years: 1914 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1855
Year Last Production: 1914
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: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FORESHORE DEPOSITS CONTAIN ABOUT 0.25% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M100192 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BEACH SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AT BORDER OF SECS. 27 AND 34. BLACK SANDS EXTEND ALONG BEACH FROM BREAKWATER SOUTH FOR ABOUT 4 MI. YATES WORKED BEACH ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AND ORO DEL NORTE CO. WORKED BEACH ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY
Comment (Production): SOME PT FOUND
Comment (Workings): SMALL-SCALE MINING
Comment (Geology): NORTHERN DEL NORTE COUNTY COAST IS BORDERED BY AN EMERGED MARINE TERRACE. MUCH OF THE BEACH SAND IS REWORKED TERRACE MATERIAL AND CONSISTS OF HALF SAND AND HALF GRAVEL. HEAVY MINERALS PROBABLY ULTIMATELY DERIVED FROM SMITH AND KLAMATH RIVERS
Comment (Development): IN 1913-1914 A PLANT FOR RECOVERING AU AND PT OPERATED. IN 1918, E.V. DAVELER CONCLUDED THAT CHROMITE COULD NOT BE CONCENTRATED BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH IRON CONTENT (24% FE).
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT.1, CH. 1, P. 24, 75-76.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 268, 279.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUB. MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT.
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.
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 178.
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