Beegum Creek

The Beegum Creek is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 1,280 feet.

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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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Site Name

Primary: Beegum Creek

Commodity

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

Location

State: California
County: Shasta
District: Harrison Gulch

Land Status

Not available

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: Placer
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: PROBABLY POCKETS OR LENSES IN 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 SAMPLES ANALYZED AT 13.5-20% PT, 79-84% OS+IR (LOGAN)

Materials

Ore: Platinum
Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): BEEGUM IS AT EAST EDGE OF EXPOSED ACCRETED TERRANE WHERE CRETACEOUS MARINE ROCKS OVERLIE ACCRETED ROCKS

Comment (Location): MOSTLY IN OROVILLE WILDLIFE AREA, JURISDICTION UNKNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MILE 60 MARKER ON FEATHER RIVER SHOWN ON TOPO MAP. MUCH OF DREDGED AREA NOW FLOODED

Comment (Production): 1 OZ PT/225000 YD. 7 MI BELOW OROVILLE, GRAVEL IS LOW GRADE - DREDGE = 1 OZ PT/160000 YD FOR 2 YR NEAR THERMALITO (LOGAN)

Comment (Development): FIRST DREDGED 1898

Comment (Workings): DEPTH OF DIGGINGS 55 FT (DOWNSTREAM) TO 25 FT (UPSTREAM) (CLARK). DREDGING

Comment (Geology): GRAVEL RESTS ON FALSE BEDROCK OF VOLCANIC ASH; MOST OF THE METALS ARE NEAR THE ASH. TYPICAL SECTION HAS A TOP LAYER OF FINE SOIL 6-16 FT FOLLOWED BY PAY DIRT 20-50 FT DEEP. THIS RESTS ON THE ASH, WHICH IS 6-8 FT DEEP.

Comment (Production): AT LEAST 5 OZ PT

Comment (Workings): SMALL-SCALE MINING

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR BEEGUM CREEK AT BEEGUM; EXACT LOCATION OF PLACER IS NOT KNOWN

Comment (Commodity): PINHEAD- TO FLOUR-SIZED PGM

Comment (Reserve-Resource): DOUBTFUL IF IT WOULD BE PROFITABLE (LOGAN)

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 137-138.

Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, C.H. JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY-MINERAL STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 48, 49, 109.

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