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Champion

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035372
MRDS ID M023139
Record type Site
Current site name Champion
Related records 10189775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51058, 41.39372 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Relative position 2.5 MI. E. HINES CAMP ON NATUKET CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bark Shanty Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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
Humboldt 012N 006E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.51058, 41.39372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHY
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottage Grove

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OWNER CLAIMS TO HAVE 14000 TONS OF $15 ROCK. FREE MILLING NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADIT LEVELS, 100 AND 335 FT. LONG. RAISE IN BETWEEN MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 829

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 435-6

  • Deposit

    LAZIURE, C. MCK., 1920, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AN GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 533

  • Production

    BROWN (1914)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS
Deposit 180 ACRES. 9 CLAIMS. DISCOVERED IN 1899 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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