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Snowflake and Little Gem

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 10103287
MRDS ID M023300
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake and Little Gem
Alternate or previous names Bear Den
Related records 10238810

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.11168, 41.25984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3.5 MI. SSE. SAWYERS BAR

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 039N 011W 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 9

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.11168, 41.25984
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 31

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

  • SNOW FLAKE CLAIM HAS PRODUCED $8000 OR MORE, LAST FEW TONS HAVING YIELDED $23/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 457

  • Deposit

    MCK. LAZIURE, C., 1920, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17 P. 535

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADJOINS BEAR MINE. LITTLE GEM IS A FRACTIONAL CLAIM 400 FT. LONG ON WHICH LITTLE WORK HAS BEEN DONE. 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2.5 FT. THICK PROVEN ON SURFACE FOR 1000 FT.

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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