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Little Bonsa

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035403
MRDS ID M023185
Record type Site
Current site name Little Bonsa
Related records 10286681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65945, 41.77123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1.7 MI. NNW HAWKINSVILLE

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)

Shasta(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 007W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC S 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LARGEST POCKET CONTAINED $1200 IN AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65945, 41.77123
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

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

  • YEARS ESTIMATED FROM REFERENCE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, LONGEST 40 FT.

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. 836

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 145

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 449-450

  • Deposit

    MCK. LAZIURE, C., 1920, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF.: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 534

  • Production

    BROWN (1914) LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS. SHORT ORE SHOOT 6 IN. THICK
Deposit 30 ACRES. LOCATED IN 1910. ; 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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