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Empire

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 10035405
MRDS ID M023188
Record type Site
Current site name Empire
Alternate or previous names Cinnabar ?
Related records 10213609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.72862, 41.9165 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 3.8 MI. N. GOTTVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood Peak(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 047N 008W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4 LOC. EST. FROM TOPO MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LOW-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.72862, 41.9165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

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 workings information

  • 4 ADITS, 400, 130, 260 AND 100 FT. LONG. 3 SHAFTS, ONE 90 FT. (VERTICAL), 2 OTHERS INCLINES, 200 AND 50 FT. DEEP-MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 399

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 LOCATIONS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS

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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