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Cassel Quartz Company

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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035391
MRDS ID M023167
Record type Site
Current site name Cassel Quartz Company

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.90807, 41.76927 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Relative position 1.8 MI. SE KC MINE CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(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)

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 009W 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST N 1/2. LOC. EST. FROM TOPO MAP AND REFERENCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SPECIMEN PIECES OF ORE POUNDED IN MORTOR HAVE YIELDED, ACCORDING TO OWNER, AT RATE OF OVER $10,000/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF. REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 P. 624

  • Production

    IRELAN (1888)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, CROPS OUT AROUND PEAK AREA, DIPPING INTO MT. ON ALL SIDES ORES REPORTED RICH, CARRYING LARGE % OF SULFIDES. VEIN IS 8-36 IN. THICK.

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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