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Mystery

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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103286
MRDS ID M023297
Record type Site
Current site name Mystery
Related records 10213661

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.16223, 41.25206 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 3.7 MI. SSW SAWYERS BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawyers Bar(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 039N 012W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 SE 1/4 FROM REFERENCE

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) -123.16223, 41.25206
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

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

  • 60 TONS OF AU ORE PAID $25/TON IN MILL. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 LEVELS AMOUNTING TO 180 FT AND 60 FT SHAFT STOPES. MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST V. 8, P. 622

  • Production

    IRELAN (1888)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2-4 FT. THICK
Deposit 1000 FT. W. BLACK BEAR MINE ; 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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