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Old Indian

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10103253
MRDS ID M023144
Record type Site
Current site name Old Indian
Alternate or previous names Hansen ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.31113, 41.21123 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position NEXT TO BARTON CABIN (?)

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 008E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 LOC. ON UNSURVEYED LAND. VERY QUESTIONABLE

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 > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.31113, 41.21123
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike NE
    Dip 20SE
    Thickness 0.51M

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 production information

  • ORE WAS FREE-MILLING NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. ADIT, OLD 120 FT. SHAFT, 50 FT. INCLINE 70 FT. DRIFT. WORKED AS POCKET MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 838,

  • Deposit

    COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 ACRES. LOCATED IN 1892 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN WITH SHORT ORE SHOOT, 20 IN. THICK

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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