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Scott Bar Mines, Inc.

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036250
MRDS ID M024327
Record type Site
Current site name Scott Bar Mines, Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08279, 41.26151 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position AT SCOTT BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(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
Humboldt 045N 010W 16,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 S 1/2 16 AND N 1/2 N 1/2 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result POCKETS AVG. 0.53 OZ. AU. ORE CONTAINS 0.5% SULFIDES. FINESS OF AU-845.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08279, 41.26151
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike WNW
    Dip NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT AT BOTTOM OF INCLINE, STRIKES N15W, DIPS 40S.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Scott Bar

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCE. CONC. VALUED AT $80-$1000/TON NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 BY 10 FT. INCLINE, 165 FT. DEEP ON 40 DEG. SLOPE IN N17E DIRECTION. DRIFTS AT 100, 155 AND 165 FT. LEVELS. CROSSCUT DRIVEN TO FIND VEIN BENEATH FAULT MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4. P. 449 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 150

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF.: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8, P. 622-621

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947) IRELAN (1888)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANY STRINGERS & LENSES GOLD OCCURS IN POCKETS OF WHITE QUARTZ SEV. OF THE POCKETS ARE VERY RICH. IN PLACES ORE FRIABLE AND CRYSTALLINE.
Deposit 71.7 ACRES. PATENTED. ADJONS QUARTZ HILL MINE ON EAST ; 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

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