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Mountain Belle

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103325
MRDS ID M023417
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Belle
Alternate or previous names Cartwright & Phillips

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.79529, 41.78289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1.5 MI. NE DEADWOOD LOOKOUT IN COUSINS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(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 045N 008W 05 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS FINE, THERE BEING LITTLE OR NO SPECIMEN ROCK.

Analytical data

Result ORE ON LOWER LEVEL IS HIGH-GRADE, CARRIES 4% SULFIDES WHICH ASSAYED $50/TON ASSAY OF WALL ROCK FROM LOWER LEVEL GAVE $6/TON IN FREE GOLD AND 4% SULFIDES, AVG. $50/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.79529, 41.78289
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Humbug

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 96.01M

Comments on the workings information

  • STOPE, 80 FT. LONG, 200 FT. DEEP, 80 FT. BELOW, CROSSCUT WITH 150 FT. OF DRIFTS. SEVERAL OLDER ADITS 75, 100 & 280 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    DUNN, R.L., 1892, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 11, P. 455

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 146

  • Production

    DUNN (1892)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 2 FT. THICK HANGING WALL (CALC. SLATE) 30 FT. THICK FOOTWALL IMPURE LIMESTONE. ORE SHOOT 140 FT. LONG. SECOND SHOOT 55 FT. LONG.

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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