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King Tut

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103256
MRDS ID M023153
Record type Site
Current site name King Tut
Related records 10213899

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.68389, 41.35401 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 1 MI. SE LOVERS LEAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scott Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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
Mount Diablo 041N 007W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • EST. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AT $5.95 AND $11.20/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.68389, 41.35401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form OCCASIONAL BUNCHES
    Dip 90

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 workings information

  • 55 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 140

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 294 PL. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL FRACTURE ZONE. CONSIDERABLE GREEN COPPER STAIN
Deposit 3 CLAIMS. 220 ACRES ; 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

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