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Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035518
MRDS ID M023332
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups
Related records 10238669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99112, 41.25873 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 1.1 MI. W. SIPHON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eaton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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
Mount Diablo 039N 010W 10,11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 W 1/2 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Analytical data

Result QTZ. STRINGER ZONE IN 18 FT. WINZE ASSAYED $27 IN GOLD ACROSS WIDTH OF 3.5 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99112, 41.25873
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.07M
    Depth to top 1.52M

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 workings information

  • 200 FT. OF ADITS, ONE 80 FT. LONG, 18 FT. WINZE. OPEN CUTS ON TOP OF RIDGE. LOWER ADIT RUN

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROSPECTING WAS PLANNED AROUND 1935 TO DETERMINE WHETHER DEPOSIT WAS PROFITABLE TO LARGE-SCALE MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 274-5 PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 28 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS AND VEINLETS, SILICEOUS SCHIST FOOTWALL, CHLORITIC SCHIST HANGING WALL

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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