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Long Gulch

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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 10035411
MRDS ID M023196
Record type Site
Current site name Long Gulch
Alternate or previous names Gold Leaf
Related records 10165811

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67556, 41.76067 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Relative position 2.5 MI. W. 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 08,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 SE 1/4 08

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MILL TESTS AROUND 1947 INDICATED A LITTLE FREE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67556, 41.76067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35E-N72E, NW
    Dip 45-67 NW-SW
    Thickness 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN FAULTED 16 FT. TO SOUTH IN 3 PLACES. FAULTS STRIKE N70-80E, DIPS 22-30 S.

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

  • ORE MILLED FROM UPPER ADIT IN 8-FT ARRASTRA IN 1914, BUT RECOVERY IS UNKNOWN. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, LOWEST 450 FT. LONG, 350 FT. OF WHICH IS A DRIFT ON 2-3.5 FT. THICK VEIN. 40 FT. RAISE HOLED TO SURFACE AT 430 FT A SECOND RAISE CONNECTS W/ ADIT LEVEL 70 FT. ABOVE. HOLED INTO ADIT 20 FT. FROM FACE. ADIT 70 FT. ABOVE DRIFTED 176 FT. ON VEIN. THIRD ADIT 300 FT. HIGHER HAS DRIFT 55 FT. LONG ON VEIN AND 40 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE. ON GOLD LEAF CLAIM, 2 NW-TRENDING ADITS TO 185-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. 442 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 284 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 145, 151

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, AVG. 3 FT. THICK. ANOTHER ONE IS 2-3.5 FT. THICK. THIN SEAMS OF QTZ. PARALLEL VEINS. GOLD LEAF CLAIM HAS VEINS 6-18 IN. THICK.
Deposit INCLUDES GOLD LEAF, BEAUTY AND PRAIRIE CLAIMS. AVERILL (1935) PLACES GOLD LEAF CLAIM IN T46N, R7W, SEC. 26 ; 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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