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Gumboot

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035555
MRDS ID M023387
Record type Site
Current site name Gumboot
Alternate or previous names Gumboat
Related records 10263385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.88863, 41.75094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3 MI. SW HAYSTACK BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Creek(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 045N 009W 16 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.88863, 41.75094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 32-62SW
    Thickness 1.68M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS STRIKE N22W, DIP 60SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scott River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 18 TONS OF UNSORTED ORE BROUGHT GROSS RETURNS OF $75.73/TON, 6 OZ. BEING SILVER, THE BALANCE GOLD. (AU AT $20.67/OZ.). NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. CROSSOUT ADIT, 100 FT. DRIFT. RAISE PROSPECT CUTS. SHAFT 300 FT. CROSSCUT THROUGH OTHER VEIN. 200 FT. ADIT 200 FT. BELOW WORKINGS FIRST MENTIONED. IT PASSES THROUGH A METASEDIMENTARY SERIES, QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE & SLATE. DIAGRAM OF DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN AVERILL (1931) P. 41.

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. 833

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 285

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 441

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 404.

  • Deposit

    5) AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 100 ACRES. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS, AVG. 3 FT. THICK HANGING WALL IS RHYOLITIC, FOOTWALL IS CALCAREOUS SLATE. OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY. ONE STRIKES N40W, DIPS 45SW.

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.

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