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Big Cliff

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 10103285
MRDS ID M023294
Record type Site
Current site name Big Cliff
Alternate or previous names Winterings
Related records 10189357

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.03445, 41.29317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3 MI. SE FINLEY CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners 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 040N 010W 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CARRIES MOSTLY LOW-GRADE VALUES IN AU

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.03445, 41.29317
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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 production information

  • YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCE: NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WERE MILLED. WAS THOUGHT THAT A LARGE ENOUGH TONNAGE OF ORE COULD BE DEVELOPED TO PAY FOR WORKING ON LARGE SCALE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2000 FT. OF TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.31, NO. 3, P.274

  • Production

    BROWN (1914) AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN (S)
Deposit 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS 240 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

Beyond USGS

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