Hazel

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086615
MRDS ID X025674
Record type Site
Current site name Hazel
Alternate or previous names Jilson
Related records 10287082

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58556, 41.88401 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 2 MI. SW HENLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hornbrook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(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 047N;047N 006W;007W 31;25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC E 1/2 NW 1/4 31

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58556, 41.88401

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40S
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASAL CONGLOMERATE OF CHICO FM. OUTCROPS 0.5 MI E. OF MINE. WEST OF WORKINGS IS OUTCROP OF GRAY & WHITE CHERT (LOGAN (1925) AND OTHERS), INDICATE HOST ROCK IS SLATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cotton Wood

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS EST. FROM REF.

Comments on the workings information

  • DUMPS, SEVERAL RUINS, OLD MILL. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKING, INCL. 5 ADITS, LONGEST 1500 FT. DRIFTS, STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 152

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 833-834

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 442

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 286

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, UP TO 3 FT. THICK. FAULTED IN PLACES. ORESHOOT IS 150 FT. LONG.
Deposit 80 ACRES PATENTED ; 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

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

Authoritative California resources

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