The Macintosh Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 420 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: 420 Feet (128 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.945, -123.62917
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Macintosh Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Macintosh Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Iridium
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
District: Trinity 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): SMALL (20 MICROMETER) GRAINS ERLICHMANITE FROM THE MINE. ERLICHMANITE IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE
Comment (Workings): PROBABLY HYDRAULIC MINING
Comment (Location): IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MILE MARKER 25 SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.
References
Reference (Deposit): SNETSINGER, K.G., 1971, ERLICHMANITE, OSS2, A NEW MINERAL: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 56, NO. 9-10, P. 1501-1506.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 33.
California Gold
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