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Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086610
MRDS ID X025630
Record type Site
Current site name Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc.
Related records 10262047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.43531, 41.73094 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position MOUTH OF OAK FLAT CREEK ON KLAMATH RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clear Creek(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 015N;016N 007E;007E 04,05;32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4 32 AND N 1/2 5

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation To Outer Part Of No. 1 Adit, About 90 Ft. On Dip Of Vein

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN IN E. CROSSCUT FROM NO 1 ADIT IN HEAVY PYRITE SHOWED 1-2% CU. IF SAMPLING AND ASSAY VALUES REPRESENTATIVE, SHOULD PROVE TO BE PROFITABLE ORE. ASSAYS OF OXIDIZED ORE AT BUZZARD GROUP INDICATED IT TO BE LOW-GRADE IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.43531, 41.73094
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N14E
    Dip 25-37E
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • OXIDIZED ORE, ABOVE NO. 1 ADIT FORMS SOFT, POROUS, LIGHT & EASILY WORKABLE MASS, CARRYING FINELY DIVIDED FREE GOLD & QUARTZ.

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

  • IN JULY OF 1941, ABOUT 30 TONS OF GOSSAN ORE WAS CYANIDED PER WEEK. 80% EXTRACTION FOR ORE CLAIMED, ASSAYING $17.15. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1 (LOWER) ADIT DRIVEN NE OVER 250 FT., NO. 2 ADIT, 52 FT. ON DIP ABOVE NO. 1 CUTS VEIN 50 FT. FROM PORTAL DIVEN THROUGH OXIDIZED ORE FOR 180 FT. 2 INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, 3 RAISES FROM NO. 2 TO NO. 1 ADITS. CLAIMS ONLY SLIGHTLY PROSPECTED BY WORK DONE. FROM BUZZARD WORKINGS TO OUTLOOK WORKINGS, 2600 FT. ALONG STRIKE, NO WORK DONE. VEIN WAS SLIGHTLY PROSPECTED AT THE OUTLOOK.

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. 430 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY,V. 31, NO. 3, P 276, 316, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 434-435

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947)

  • Reserve-Resource

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN IN SHEAR ZONE ABOVE MASSIVE PYRITE DEPOSIT, 2-12 FT. THICK LEVEL OF SULFIDE ORE RISES AS DISTANCE AND ELEVATION FROM CREEK INCREASES.
Deposit 240 ACRES. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN SEC. 4 AND 5. 7 CLAIMS IN SEC. 32 ; 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

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