Conzetti Quartz Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035431
MRDS ID M023227
Record type Site
Current site name Conzetti Quartz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14806, 41.15456 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1 MI. NW CECILVILLE ON UPPER SOUTH FORK OF SALMON RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cecilville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(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
Humboldt 038N 011W 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND IS UNSURVEYED LOC. QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.14806, 41.15456

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.71M

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

  • SEVERAL SHORT CUTS AND ADITS. THE OUTCROP WAS BEING STRIPPED BY BULLDOZER IN 1947 SO VEIN COULD BE SAMPLED FOR POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND MINING

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18-28 IN. THICK

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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