Big Lagoon Mining Co.

The Big Lagoon Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 7 feet.

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Mine Info

Name: Big Lagoon Mining Co.  

State:  California

County:  Humboldt

Elevation: 7 Feet (2 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.17889, -124.11472

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Big Lagoon Mining Co. MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Big Lagoon Mining Co.


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum


Location

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


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: Big Lagoon Mining Co.
Years: 1918 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Beach Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1855
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: 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: 2.5 OZ/TON (86 PPM) AU, 0.5 OZ/TON (17 PPM) PT IN CONCENTRATE SAMPLES RECALCULATE TO 0.0083 OZ/YD (140 PPB) AU, 0.0017 OZ/YD (57 PPB) PT


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): PARTLY WITHIN DRY LAGOON STATE PARK. IN THE MIDDLE OF BIG LAGOON

Comment (Workings): DREDGING OF LAGOON. ROCKERS, TOMS, AND SLUICES IN EARLY DAYS

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M008684 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1850'S


References

Reference (Deposit): WATTS, W.L., 1893, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU 11TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 230-232.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 41-42.


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