High Bar

Occurrence in Klamath county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033229
MRDS ID M015522
Record type Site
Current site name High Bar

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.87945, 43.0265 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Klamath(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Welch Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Williamson(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Klamath

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029S 007W 27 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.87945, 43.0265

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1937

Mining district

District name Riddle

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ohlsen, O. A.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1940 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - C, V. 1 , P. 104

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY NO REGULAR CHANNEL OF GOLD DEPOSITION HAS BEEN PROVEN. REPORTEDLY COLORS HAVE BEEN PANNED FROM SANDS ALONG THE GULCH. NO AVAILABLE WATER CLOSE AT HAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.