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Comstock No. 2

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035574
MRDS ID M023415
Record type Site
Current site name Comstock No. 2
Related records 10263306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.76918, 41.75151 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position HEAD OF SUCKER CK., 2 MI. N. DEADWOOD DIV.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinley Mountain(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 008W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4. LOCATION EST. FROM REF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation-Surface And Near Surface

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIED 8% SULFIDES, ASSAYING $66/TON.

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) -122.76918, 41.75151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 65E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Humbug

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, NO. 1 175 FT. LONG, NO. 2 300 FT. AND NO. 3 260 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 P. 628-629

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK. 2 ORE SHOOTS, 70 AND 270 FT. LONG. VEIN MATTER IS FRIABLE & BRECCIATED.

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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