1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Marath Mining Corp.

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035410
MRDS ID M023195
Record type Site
Current site name Marath Mining Corp.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57529, 41.84956 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position 3 MI W. SUMMIT OF BLACK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawkinsville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 006W 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS LOW-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS ASSAYED $0.90-$1.20/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57529, 41.84956
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • MILL HEADS SAID TO AVG. $6-$7/TON. ABOUT 300 TONS MINED BETWEEN AUG. 30 & NOV. 15, 1946. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. CROSSCUT, DRIFT SOUTH 100 FT. LONG IN CENTER OF DIKE. DRIFT NORTH ALONG EAST WALL FOR 60 FT. 75 FT. VERTICAL RAISE CONNECTS W/SECOND ADIT 35 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 443 PL. 42

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIKE, 35 FT. THICK W/NUMEROUS QUARTZ STRINGERS.
Deposit 120 ACRES PATENTED ; 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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.