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Macintosh Mine

Producer in Humboldt county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Osmium, Iridium, Rhodium, Ruthenium, Palladium
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109529
MRDS ID M045301
Record type Site
Current site name Macintosh Mine
Related records 10138923

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.6303, 40.94484 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position ON TRINITY RIVER ABOUT 0.5 MI NORTH OF WILLOW CREEK
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 007N 005E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MILE MARKER 25 SHOWN ON TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Osmium Tertiary
Iridium Tertiary
Rhodium Tertiary
Ruthenium Tertiary
Palladium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL (20 MICROMETER) GRAINS ERLICHMANITE FROM THE MINE. ERLICHMANITE IDENTIFIED BY ELECTRON MICROPROBE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
BC deposit profile C01. C02
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.6303, 40.94484
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Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinity River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROBABLY HYDRAULIC MINING

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M045301

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SNETSINGER, K.G., 1971, ERLICHMANITE, OSS2, A NEW MINERAL: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 56, NO. 9-10, P. 1501-1506.

  • Deposit

    CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.

  • Deposit

    SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 33.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey