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Homestake

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035484
MRDS ID M023284
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake
Related records 10238456

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.01723, 41.35984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1 MI. ENE SNOWDEN

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 041N 010W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1-2% AURIFEROUS SULFIDES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.01723, 41.35984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

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 production information

  • REPORTED CONTENT OF $20/TON IN FREE GOLD FROM BLACK SCHIST ROCK. A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1925 RAN 0.97 OZ/TON AU.

Comments on the workings information

  • MILLSITE. SE-TRENDING ADITS

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. 835.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 444-445

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 141

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH-GRADE POCKETS IN VEINS, 6-12 IN. THICK
Deposit OPERATED BY HOMESTAKE CONS. MINES INC. AFTER 1924. HOGAN PROPERTY, ADJOINING, ALSO UNDER LEASE TO COMPANY. ; 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

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