Myrtle Creek Placer

The Myrtle Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 210 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: Myrtle Creek Placer
Secondary: Waganer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Myrtle Creek Placer Mining Co. (-

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: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED BYPRODUCT PT PRODUCTION

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC MINING OF BENCHES, SLUICING OF RIVER GRAVELS

Comment (Location): PARTLY UNSURVEYED. IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. ON MYRTLE CREEK AT MOUTH AND UP CREEK FOR 1 MI. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT CROSSING OF MYRTLE CREEK BY HIGHWAY 199.

Comment (Development): IDLE LONG TIME (1918)

Comment (Deposit): PT REPORTED IN BENCH GRAVELS ONLY. PAY GRAVEL COVERED BY HEAVY OVERBURDEN; METAL VALUES IN BENCHES ARE WITHIN 2 FT OF BEDROCK. SHALLOW DIGGINGS IN STREAM ARE RICH IN GOLD

Comment (Deposit): RECORD M007265 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS ROUND AND COARSE

References

Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, P. 305.

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

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 59-60.

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

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