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California Consolidated

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035432
MRDS ID M023228
Record type Site
Current site name California Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Golden Ball
Related records 10117743

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.14584, 41.24623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 1.5 MI. BLACK BEAR CAMP

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 039N 011W 16,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND IS UNSURVEYED. LOC. VERY QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -123.14584, 41.24623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20-40E
    Dip 10-40SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Liberty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS FREE-MILLING. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • MUCH USELESS WORK WAS PERFORMED. 2 LEVELS, ONE AT 50 FT., OTHER AT 125 FT. DRIFTS, 160 FT. FROM 50-FT. LEVEL, AND 80 FT. FROM 125 FT. LEVEL. ANOTHER DRIFT FROM STEVENS ADIT 140 FT. NE AND ANOTHER 250 FT. SW. 2 CROSSCUTS, 120 FT. LONG. 2 WINZES, EACH 60 FT. DEEP; 7 RAISES; 2 STOPES, EACH 40 FT. BY 40 FT. SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 828-9

  • Production

    BROWN (1914)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN, 1000 FT. LONG ORE SHOOT, 6 FT. THICK.
Deposit 384 ACRES. SAID TO BE A CONTINUATION OF BLACK BEAR LODE. TOPO. MAP INDICATES WHITE BEAR HOLDINGS IN VICINITY ; 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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