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Gilta

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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 10086606
MRDS ID X025622
Record type Site
Current site name Gilta
Alternate or previous names Gold Hill, Hungry Hill Gold Run.
Related records 10117004

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.3253, 41.1954 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 1 MI. NE BOWERMAN PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Youngs 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 009N 007E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.3253, 41.1954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Liberty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DEVELOPMENT WORK. INCL. ADITS, CROSSCUTS AND STOPES MILL

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: WORKING COST WAS HIGH, BUT ORE WAS GOOD GRADE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 407

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 833

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 441

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED 60 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit HUNTER AND GOLD RUN VEINS, 200 FT. APART AND NEARLY PARALLEL. PAY SHOOT ON GOLD RUN IS 260 FT. LONG. ORE CONTAINS 3% IRON, ZINC AND LEAD SULFIDES. GOLD RUN VEIN AVG. 20 IN. THICK WITH 20 FT. LONG ORE SHOOT ON SURFACE, INCREASING TO 110 FT. ON UPPER ADIT LEVEL, 450 FT. ON DIP OF VEIN. HUNTER VEIN AVG. 1 FT. THICK WITH ORE SHOOT 80-150 FT. LONG.

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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