The Orleans Placer is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 381 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
Elevation: 381 Feet (116 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.29333, -123.55333
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Orleans Placer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Orleans Placer
Secondary: Bar Placer Mining Co.
Secondary: Stony Bar Mining Co.
Secondary: Wilder Claim
Secondary: Graham Flat Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
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/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: California Mining And Dredging Syndicate
Years: 1916 -
Owner Name: J. H. Crothers And Others
Years: 1941 -
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 SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. ON KLAMATH RIVER 0.25 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM ORLEANS TO CAMP CREEK, MOSTLY ON NORTHWEST RIVER BANK. PT FOUND IN SEC. 1, T. 10 N., R. 5 E. AND SEC. 36, T. 11 N., R. 5 E. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT END OR ROAD THAT RUNS INTO TAILINGS.
Comment (Commodity): UNABLE TO FIND SOURCE OF PGE DATA (1989); NO MENTION OF PGE IN REFERENCES CITED
Comment (Development): 160 ACRES PATENTED IN 1880. 1925 REPORT - 1300 ACRES PATENTED LAND AND 600 ACRES UNPATENTED LAND. LAST WORKED IN 1913.
Comment (Deposit): ON LOW RIVER BARS AND PRESENT STREAM CHANNEL OF KLAMATH RIVER; MOSTLY NORTHWEST BANK OF RIVER - SOME ACROSS RIVER.
Comment (Workings): DREDGING
Comment (Geology): SLATE AND SERPENTINE BEDROCK; QUARTZ SEAMS ARE PRESENT IN SLATE
Comment (Deposit): RECORD W023665 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED. SEE ALSO: MRDS M045274.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, F.L., 1916, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 14TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, PT. 3, P. 403-404.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, GOLD - HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 12TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 133.
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C.MCK., 1925, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 21ST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, P. 310.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, P. 512.
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