Blue Nose Mine, Blue Nose Bluff, Dillon Creek Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Siskiyou County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Blue Nose Mine | Mine |
Blue Nose Bluff | - not defined - |
Dillon Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Klamath Mountains | Mountain Range |
Siskiyou County | County |
California | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 33' 56'' North , 123° 31' 27'' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Happy Camp | 1,190 (2015) | 27.9km |
Gasquet | 661 (2011) | 48.3km |
Takilma | 378 (2011) | 54.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
93924
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:93924:6
GUID (UUID V4):
ae0451ba-5756-40e2-af4b-4d541bed3f1e
A former placer Au-PGE (Pt) occurrence/mine located in the NE¼SE¼NE¼ sec. 33, T14N, R6E, HM, on the Klamath River across from Blue Nose Bluff (18 miles upstream from Somes Bar), on National Forest land. Produced in 1916. The USGS MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters.
Mineralization is a Au-Pt placer deposit (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), hosted in Holocene gravel. The ore body is a stream sediment deposit. The bedrock is slate. The Pt is uniformly fine. local rocks include Jurassic marine rocks, unit 1 (Western Sierra Nevada and Western Klamath Mountains).
Related tectonic structures include the Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane.
Workings included surface hydraulic operations on 4 benches of gravel.
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2 valid minerals.
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ⓘ Gold Formula: Au Description: Placer material. |
ⓘ Platinum Formula: Pt Description: Placer material. |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
ⓘ | Platinum | 1.AF.10 | Pt |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10286462 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
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- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
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