Klamath Group

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077733
MRDS ID W025642
Record type Site
Current site name Klamath Group
Related records 10140458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.37447, 41.8365 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Relative position 3 MILES EAST OF HAPPY CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slater Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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
Humboldt 017N 007E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 12 % CU

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.37447, 41.8365

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CLAIMS. ONE TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1902 , COPPER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA BULL. 23 , CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 109.

  • Deposit

    ADIT 75 FT BUT NO PRODUCTION RECORDED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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