Short Bend and River Bend Placers

The Short Bend and River Bend Placers is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 1,099 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

Name: Short Bend and River Bend Placers  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.77639, -123.32944

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Short Bend and River Bend Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Short Bend and River Bend Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Platinum


Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Klamath 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

Type: Surface


Ownership

Owner Name: Forest Moore, C. G. Lewis
Years: 1935 -


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 (Location): IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON BAR ON WEST BANK OF RIVER BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 113 AND 114 SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED


References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 139.

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 308, 327.


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