Crescent City Beach

The Crescent City Beach is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 26 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Crescent City Beach
Secondary: Yates Beach Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Titanium, Metal
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Crescent City District

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: Oro Del Norte Co.
Years: 1914 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1855
Year Last Production: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FORESHORE DEPOSITS CONTAIN ABOUT 0.25% CR2O3

Materials

Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Ilmenite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Zircon
Gangue: Garnet

Comments

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M100192 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ALONG BEACH SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AT BORDER OF SECS. 27 AND 34. BLACK SANDS EXTEND ALONG BEACH FROM BREAKWATER SOUTH FOR ABOUT 4 MI. YATES WORKED BEACH ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY AND ORO DEL NORTE CO. WORKED BEACH ABOUT 2 MI SOUTH OF CRESCENT CITY

Comment (Production): SOME PT FOUND

Comment (Workings): SMALL-SCALE MINING

Comment (Geology): NORTHERN DEL NORTE COUNTY COAST IS BORDERED BY AN EMERGED MARINE TERRACE. MUCH OF THE BEACH SAND IS REWORKED TERRACE MATERIAL AND CONSISTS OF HALF SAND AND HALF GRAVEL. HEAVY MINERALS PROBABLY ULTIMATELY DERIVED FROM SMITH AND KLAMATH RIVERS

Comment (Development): IN 1913-1914 A PLANT FOR RECOVERING AU AND PT OPERATED. IN 1918, E.V. DAVELER CONCLUDED THAT CHROMITE COULD NOT BE CONCENTRATED BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH IRON CONTENT (24% FE).

References

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT.1, CH. 1, P. 24, 75-76.

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 268, 279.

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUB. MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT.

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): LOGAN, C.A. 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 178.

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