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Callahan

Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum, Chromium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038048
MRDS ID M045314
Record type Site
Current site name Callahan

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.80168, 41.31262 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position AT CALLAHAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callahan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 040N;040N;041N 008W;007W;007W 01;06,07,17;25,36 California

Comments on the location information

  • MAIN DREDGING AREA EXTENDS FROM CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH AND EAST FORKS SCOTT RIVER AT CALLAHAN 5 MI NORTH ALONG SCOTT RIVER. AREAS ALONG THE TWO FORKS WERE ALSO MINED SEVERAL MILES FROM CALLAHAN (SEE TAILINGS AREAS ON TOPO MAPS). LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH AND EAST FORKS SCOTT RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Gold Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE YIELDED $213.11/TON (10.31 OZ/TON, 350 PPM) AU, $5.40/TON (0.18 OZ/TON, 620 PPB) PT, CONCENTRATION UNKNOWN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.80168, 41.31262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Callahan (Scott River) District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • UNVERIFIED SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULIC AND DREDGING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-74 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. 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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