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Gold Crown

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033923
MRDS ID M020574
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Crown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74251, 41.76345 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES WEST OF YREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 008W 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74251, 41.76345
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1932 - 1941

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 224 TONS OF GOLD ORE; 12 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINED 6.25 % PB AND RECOVERABLE CU. GOLD TO SILVER RATIO IS ABOUT 2 TO 1

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 25 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 70 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 1200 FT. OF TUNNEL AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 394 , P. 702 - 703

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 702 - 703 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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