The Pioneer Placer Mine is a gold mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 7 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: 7 Feet (2 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.44222, -124.06222
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Pioneer Placer Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pioneer Placer Mine
Secondary: Upper Gold Bluff
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Osmium
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
Type: Surface
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: 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: AU WAS 900-950 FINE.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): IN PRAIRIE CREEK REDWOODS STATE PARK. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT MOUTH OF OSSAGON CREEK, POINT OF DISCOVERY OF GOLD ALONG BEACHES. PROPERTY EXTENDS SOUTH TO MOUTH OF SQUASHAN CREEK
Comment (Commodity): UNVERIFIED REPORT OF TRACES OF PT, OS-IR
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION ESTIMATE IS FOR UPPER AND LOWER GOLD BLUFFS
Comment (Deposit): AREA USED TO BE MOUTH OF KLAMATH RIVER AND HIGHER AURIFEROUS BENCHES ON BLUFFS ARE FROM THIS ANCIENT RIVER MOUTH
Comment (Geology): ERODED BLUFFS OF OLD KLAMATH RIVER DEPOSITS ARE SOURCE OF METALS
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: MRDS M045283.
References
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WILLIAM, 1888, HUMBOLDT COUNTY: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 8TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 216-217
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