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New York

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035591
MRDS ID M023440
Record type Site
Current site name New York
Related records 10166253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85084, 41.68762 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 5.5 MI. N. FORT JONES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Creek Baldy(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 044N 009W 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC S 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85084, 41.68762
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 85SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE PROBABLY COPLEY META-ANDESITE. FAULT DISPLACES NORTH SEGMENT OF VEIN 40 FT. EAST.

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 production information

  • MONTHLY PRODUCTION AT ONE TIME WAS FROM $6,000-$10,000. ORE WAS HAULED TO GOLDEN EAGLE MILL, ABOUT 1 MI. DISTANT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, CROSSCUT ABOVE 400 FT. LEVEL. ON 400 FT. LEVEL DRIFT DRIVEN 650 FT. NORTH OF SHAFT. CROSSES FAULT 300 FT. SOUTH OF FACE. STOPE IN NORTH SEGMENT OF VEIN, 114 FT. LONG, 20 FT. HIGH AND 3 FT. WIDE. OTHER WORKINGS SOUTH OF 400 FT. LEVEL ENCOUNTERED FAULTING, BUT NO ORE SHOOT. DRIFT ON 300 FT. LEVEL TO NORTH; ON SOUTH END A RAISE DRIVEN FOR SECOND EXIT & TO CONNECT WITH 100 FT. LEVEL. INCLINE FROM 100 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 47

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 452

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 143

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 31, P. 301-302

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN. VARIABLE DIP TO EAST AVG. 85 DEG. BANDED WHITE QTZ. NUMEROUS PARALLEL VEINS & SEAMS WORKED. WITH PAY ORE AVG. 2 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 109 ACRES. PATENTED. FIRST WORKED IN 1856. ; 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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