Gold Exploration

River of Gold #4
 Placer Mining Claim

40 Acres

BLM CAMC #291872
Plumas County Recorder #2008-10158

Price: $3,750

This is an exceptional claim with abundant opportunities. It has 4wd access from the Yellow Creek Road to a sweet camp site that is just a short walk from the up-stream claim boundary. The bedrock is meta-volcanic andesite of the Shoe Fly Formation and the Feather River ultramafic belt or serpentine. Mineralized up-drainage rocks include Shoe Fly marine and volcanic sediments plus those of the Triassic period. The Melones fault or the contact with the Feather River ultramafic belt crops out on the claim. The fault is associated with high-grade gold mineralization elsewhere in the northern Sierra.

Yellow Creek gently meanders through a straight chute of the valley littered with boulders and a few downed trees and logs. Broken and fractured bedrock is exposed in a number of locations creating abundant opportunities for metal detecting and dredging. Several locations show the high-bank deposits consist of a thin veneer of recent flood deposits that are underlain by older unworked river deposits.

Older remnant terrace deposits exist higher up on the slope and are equally unexplored. A couple minor drainages exist on the down-valley portion of the claim, two from the east and one from the west. The western drainage drains a Tertiary river deposit that has been unexplored. It is claimed to the 4500 ft. elevation and likely contains optimistic prospecting targets.

Upon the release of the dredging ban, (SB670), The maximum size nozzle for Yellow Creek is 6", but 3" and 4" dredges may prove better tools. With all the cracks and fractures, prospectors with metal detectors should find abundant rewards not only along the stream but along the slopes and within the cliffs. There are a few good remnant terraces along this stretch of the creek.

Claim Georeferences

W 1/2, SE 1/4, SW 1/4
Sec. 19
T 24N
R 7E
MDM
E 1/2, SW 1/4, SW 1/4
Sec. 19
T 24N
R 7E
MDM

Google Earth Fly To and click "Satellite" to see an aerial photo of the claim. Use the topographic maps provide to gauge the claim boundaries. Maybe someday, we'll figure out how to put the claim boundaries on these maps.

Estimated GPS Corner Coordinates:

Latitude
Latitude
Elevation
40°05.215' N
121°14.738' W
4186 ft.
40°05.438' N
121°14.738' W
4360 ft.
40°05.441' N
121°14.440' W
4326 ft.
40°05.218' N
121°14.440' W
4574 ft.

Standard Information
The Location Notice for the Yellow Creek Creek River of Gold #4 claim has been recorded at the Plumas County Recorder's Office and the Bureau of Land Management (see registered numbers above) . It is a non-patented federal mining claim. Fees are current for 2009 and you will need to file appropriate paperwork to hold the property every year thereafter. Annual tax assessment on the property is approximately $1.12/acre.

Upon payment, the mineral claim will be transferred via a notarized Quitclaim notice filed in your name with Plumas County and the BLM. A $150 fee is assessed to handle the transfer. Limited payment terms and conditions are available.

Advanced Geologic has an exceptional automatic claim notice filing system that will maintain your annual filings for any claim in the United States. Advanced Geologic reminds you that you MUST file annual notices with both the county in which the claim is located AND with the Bureau of Land Management. There are NO exceptions and errors will lead to the loss of your claim! Are your claims filed correctly?

Advanced Geologic is a professional geologic consulting firm located in Chester, California. We not only sell quality mining claims, but we also help people work their claims. Our experience in resource evaluations, compliance and permitting and claim portfolio management allows our clients and buyers to go for the GOLD.

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This claim is best suited by acquiring the adjacent Yellow Bar placer mining claim.