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Cariboo

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. 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 10103278
MRDS ID M023221
Record type Site
Current site name Cariboo
Related records 10263016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.95418, 41.05428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1 MI NE LITTLE CARIBOU LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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)

Trinity Alps Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 037N 010W 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOC. EST. FROM TOPO MAP. UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.95418, 41.05428
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Economic information

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

  • 250 FT. ADIT ON DIKE, 80 FT. ADIT ON UPPER CLAIM, 200 FT. ADIT ON WEST END, 128 FT. ADIT ON EAST END OF LOWER CLAIM ALSO 16 FT. SHAFT. SURFACE ALONG OUTCROPS YIELDS WELL FOR PIPING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 392

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIKE, 100 FT. THICK IN CENTER CLAIM. VEINS ON 2 OTHER CLAIMS TREND E-W, UPPER VEIN 10 FT. THICK, IS BETWEEN SLATE & PORPHYRY, AND NEARLY VERTICAL. LOWER IS 5 FT. THICK BETWEEN PORPHYRY WALLS.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS ; 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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