Union Gold Bluff Mining Co.

The Union Gold Bluff Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 20 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: Union Gold Bluff Mining Co.
Secondary: Lower Gold Bluffs

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Palladium

Location

State: California
County: Humboldt
District: Northern California Beach Sands

Land Status

Land ownership: State Park
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: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: BEACH SANDS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GOLD 900-950 FINE

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): PARTIALLY WITHIN PRAIRIE CREEK REDWOODS STATE PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS MOUTH OF SQUASHAN CREEK. PROPERTY EXTENDS SOUTH FROM THERE FOR ABOUT 4 MI

Comment (Commodity): REPORTED PGE OCCURRENCES, SNETSINGER GIVES LOCALITY AS GOLD BLUFFS, CA. OSARSITE IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATE IS FOR UPPER AND LOWER GOLD BLUFFS

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS ARE ERODED FROM BLUFFS BEHIND BEACH, WHICH IS ANCIENT MOUTH OF KLAMATH RIVER

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045286, M045287.

References

Reference (Deposit): PACIFIC SOUTHWEST FIELD COMMITTEE, 1960, NATURAL RESOURCES OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, APPENDIX, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL INDUSTRIES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, FIG. 3.

Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WILLIAM, 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 216-217.

Reference (Deposit): SNETSINGER, K.G., 1972, OSARSITE, A NEW OSMIUM-RUTHENIUM SULFARSENIDE FROM CALIFORNIA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 57, NO. 7-8, P. 1029-1036.

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