The Roaring River is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 623 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: 623 Feet (190 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.395, -122.52444
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Roaring River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roaring River
Secondary: Roaring River Gold Dredging Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iridium
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Osmium
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Owner Name: Roaring River Gold Dredging Co.
Years: 1938 -
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: California Coast Ranges
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
Analytical Data: PT:AU=1:25 ON AVERAGE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Commodity): 30% IRIDIUM
Comment (Location): ON ROARING RIVER NEAR GAS POINT AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. TAILINGS ALSO ALONG MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK AND CROW CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT JUNCTION OF MIDDLE AND NORTH FORKS OF COTTONWOOD CREEK WHICH IS NEAR MOUTH OF ROARING RIVER
Comment (Production): SMALL BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION REPORTED
Comment (Workings): DREDGING
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 120-122
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