The Peterson Mine is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,759 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,759 Feet (841 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.27167, -123.11972
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Peterson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peterson 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LARGEST PT NUGGET WEIGHED 23 GRAINS
Comment (Deposit): First Production Year: 1905 FOR DREDGING
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ABOUT 0.25 MI SOUTH OF DAGUERRA POINT AND 1 MI NORTHWEST OF HAMMONTON; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = BROWNS VALLEY 1:24000
Comment (Reserve-Resource): PT AND OS ESTIMATES FOR COMBINED RESERVES AND POTENTIAL RESOURCES
Comment (Production): 1916 0.0000033 OZ/TON (0.055 PPB) PT, 0.0000008 OZ/TON (0.014 PPB) OS
Comment (Development): DREDGING BEGAN 1903. OPERATED BY YUBA GOLDFIELDS, INC., FROM MARCH 1975 TO JUNE 1976 WHEN IT WAS CLOSED AS UNPROFITABLE. PROPERTY WAS CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST PLACER OPERATION IN 1988
Comment (Workings): DREDGING
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS. FALSE BEDROCK OF VOLCANIC ASH IS BASE OF GOLD VALUES.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD M046794 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: GOLD RUSH
Comment (Geology): SLATE BEDROCK
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TAILINGS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP AT CONFLUENCE OF HARVEY AND EDDY GULCHES
Comment (Production): "GREAT DEAL" OF GOLD EACH YEAR. UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 80.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.
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