Michigan Salmon

The Michigan Salmon is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 1,299 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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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Site Name

Primary: Michigan Salmon
Secondary: Red Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Iridium

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Salmon River Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PGE SAMPLE YIELDED 2.95% PT, 97.05% OSMIRIDIUM (LOGAN, P. 109)

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): SEVERAL OZ ANNUALLY OF PGE, THOUGH LARGE PERCENTAGE WAS PROBABLY NOT RECOVERED

Comment (Location): IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. COVERS 2.5 MI ALONG SOUTH FORK NEAR KNOWNOTHING CREEK BEGINNING 1.5 MI ABOVE FORKS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS AT MOUTH OF KNOWNOTHING CREEK

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC

Comment (Commodity): HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF OSMIRIDIUM IN CALIFORNIA (LOGAN, P. 79). PGE IN SMALL SCALES AND NUGGETS

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 457.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 141.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 78-79.

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