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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 10035492
MRDS ID M023293
Record type Site
Current site name Advance
Related records 10213567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.02251, 41.33873 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 2 MI. NNE FINLEY CAMP

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 040N 010W 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.02251, 41.33873
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E, N10-20E
    Dip 60W-90,90
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELTS OF SCHIST, SCHISTOSITY STRIKING N-N20E AND DIPPING STEEPLY WEST. LIGHT-DARK DIKES CUT SCHIST PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. RANGE FROM 'BIRDSEYE' PORPHYRY TO FINER-GRAINED DIORITE TO WHITE RHYOLITE. SCHIST BELTS 50 FT. OR MORE THICK.

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

  • MOST OF INDICATED VALUE PRODUCED IN THIS INTERVAL. LATER PRODUCTION INDICATED LOW-GRADE, FREE-MILLING ORE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS 100 FT. OR LESS IN DEPTH. CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS & STOPES OPEN AT INTERVALS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ALONG N. SLOPE OF MTN. SEVERAL BUILDING

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. 825-826

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 430

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 73.5 ACRES. SEE VICTORY GOLD MINES. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. DISCOVERED IN 1902 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ADVANCE VEIN, 2-4 FT. THICK. IN PLACES SHOWS FREE GOLD. LION VEIN LIES 200 FT. EAST OF ADVANCE VEIN. 2-5 FT. THICK. HANGING WALL IS WHITE DIKE. NUMEROUS STRINGERS & VEINS RUN PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY.

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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