Latitude: 41°22'24"N
Longitude: 124°4'14"W
A former placer Au-PGE (Pt-Ir-Os) deposit/mine located 3 to 6 miles N of Orick and 50 miles N of Eureka. Gold was discovered at Gold Bluff Beach in 1850.
Mineralization is hosted in black beach sands.
References
Kunz, George Frederick (1905a), Gems, jewelers’ materials, and ornamental stones of California: California Division Mines Bulletin 37, 171 pp.: 47.
Logan, Clarence August (1918), Platinum and allied metals in California: California Mining Bureau. Bulletin 85, 120 pp.: 41-42.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 345.
Mertie, J.B. (1969) Economic geology of the platinum metals. USGS Professional Paper 630, 120 pp.: 93-94.
Clark, Wm. B. (1970a) Gold districts of California: California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 193: 138, 140, 143-144, 180.
Snetsinger, K.G. (1972) Osarsite, a new osmium-ruthenium sulfarsenide from California. American Mineralogist: 57: 1029.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 17, 41, 63.
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