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Franklin

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035446
MRDS ID M023245
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin
Related records 10213347

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8789, 41.68317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position 1.8 MI. E. SUMMIT OF RUSSELL PEAK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russell Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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 044N 009W 09 NE OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 NE 1/4. LOCATION QUESTIONABLE. LAT.-LONG. IS AT CENTER OF NE OF NE OF SEC. 9. CONFUSING LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS IN CAL. DIVISION OF MINES REPORTS, V. 14 AND V. 21, COULDN'T USE. USED LOCATION STATED IN SOUTHERN PACIFIC REPORT INSTEAD.

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 > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.8789, 41.68317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E}
    Dip 40S}
    Thickness 0.56M
    Length 36.58M
  • Dip 40S}
    Thickness 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deadwood

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 20 TONS OF $25 ROCK ON DUMP. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT WITH DRIFTS & STOPES UP TO 600 FT. LONG

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. 832, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 440

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 143

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925) BROWN (1914)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH ORE SHOOT 120 FT. LONG, 22 IN. THICK. OTHER QUARTZ STRINGERS 0.5-6 IN THICK
Deposit 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., ADDED SEC. FRACTION, DEPOSIT TYPE.
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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