Nels Christensen Mine

The Nels Christensen Mine is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 112 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: Nels Christensen Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Smith 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

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: BENCH GRAVELS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PT:AU SMALL

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION. LOGAN PANNED SOME PT HERE. MINE OPERATOR HAD NOT BEEN SAVING IT.

Comment (Deposit): 2 BENCHES ABOVE RIVER LEVEL

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC

Comment (Geology): SERPENTINE BEDROCK

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. AT MOUTH OF SOUTH FORK OF SMITH RIVER, ON SOUTH BANK. LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE CROSSING SOUTH FORK ABOUT 0.2 MI UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH

Comment (Commodity): PT VERY FINE

References

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 142-143.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 60-61.

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