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Balfrey

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Silver
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035379
MRDS ID M023149
Record type Site
Current site name Balfrey
Related records 10238735

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65861, 41.37623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 2 MI NE LOVERS LEAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gazelle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 007W 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65861, 41.37623
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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

Comments on the workings information

  • 52 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 274, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PATENTED. 800 ACRES ; 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

Beyond USGS

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

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