1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Uncle Sam Consolidated

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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 10035474
MRDS ID M023274
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam Consolidated
Alternate or previous names Sheffield
Related records 10263454

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0964, 41.26401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 2.5 MI. SSE SAWYERS BAR ON DIVIDE BETWEEN COUNTS GULCH & WHITES GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners Peak(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 03,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3-5% SULFIDES AT 364 FT. DEPTH SOME GOOD ORE IN WORKINGS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0964, 41.26401
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 45-60SE
    Depth to top 91.44M

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 YIELDED $18-$20/TON IN FREE GOLD DOWN TO 500 FT. LEVEL (364 FT. DEEP) ORE IS FREE-MILLING. SELLS AT $18.50/OZ. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF CROSSCUT ADITS 120-550 FT. LONG WITH DRIFTS UP TO 420 FT. ON VEIN. OTHER CAVED STOPES & DRIFTS. DWELLINGS AND 8-STAMP MILLS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IRELAN (1888) STATES COST OF MILLING, PER TON, IS $1.50

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. 842, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 458

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 431

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V.8 P. 619

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 3.5 FT. THICK PORPHYRY HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL. LENGTH ALONG LODE, 3000 FT., LENGTH OF ORE SHOOT 110 FT., 2 FT. THICKNESS
Deposit PATENTED. 60 ACRES. LOCATED IN 1873 ; 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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.