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Osgood

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086621
MRDS ID X025697
Record type Site
Current site name Osgood
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike
Related records 10116688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66501, 41.74234 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1 MI. WNW YREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yreka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shasta(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045N 007W 16,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. N 1/2 NW 1/4 21

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary

Analytical data

Result ABOUT 90% OF VALUES OCCUR AS FREE GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66501, 41.74234
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS; SEVERAL SEAMS OF QTZ., 1 IN. THICK. DIP ALMOST VERTICAL. OFTEN, QTZ. ENTIRELY LACKING IN VEINS, THE GOLD BEING DEPOSITED IN ROCK FRACTURES.

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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Authoritative California resources

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