Corbett Gold

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035413
MRDS ID M023199
Record type Site
Current site name Corbett Gold
Alternate or previous names Trust Buster, Cassadoga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.7314, 41.95261 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position NE FLANK BULLION MTN. ON JEEP TRAIL

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 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result CARRIES $7.50/TON IN SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.7314, 41.95261

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bullion Mountain

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A CYANIDE TEST IS SAID TO HAVE RECOVERED 97% OF GOLD ON ORE CRUSHED TO 60-MESH. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 4 ADITS, NO. 4 DRIVEN N10E FOR 1500 FT., AND IS 565 FT. BELOW APEX OF VEIN. ANOTHER ADIT DRIVEN 500 FT. ALONG HANGING WALL.

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. 432 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. 261 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 154

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3.5 FT. THICK AT 1200 FT. ON ADIT, 5 FT. THICK
Deposit INCLUDES 2 QUARTZ AND ONE PLACER CLAIM. ACTIVE 1924. ; 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.

Authoritative California resources

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