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Golden Age Prospect

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Alteration
  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035556
MRDS ID M023388
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Age Prospect
Alternate or previous names Golden Age 98
Related records 10263351

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.89863, 41.77205 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position 2.5 MI. E. BALD MTN.

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)

Upper Klamath(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 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.89863, 41.77205
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE,N80W
    Dip 70-80NW,60N
    Thickness 1.83M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL CUTS & CAVED ADITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OWNERS ESTIMATED THAT BY PANNING, QTZ WOULD YIELD $7-$8/TON IN FREE GOLD.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 35

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 149

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18 IN. 4 FT. AND TO 6 FT. THICK. SOME OF WALL-ROCK IS SOFT, DECOMPOSED MATERIAL, STAINED YELLOW-BROWN IRON OXIDES.
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. SEE COLUMBIA GROUP. ; 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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