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Thompson Creek

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10035369
MRDS ID M023134
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.39336, 41.94677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1539
Relative position 3.3 MI. SW PYRAMID PEAK ON ROAD ALONG THOMPSON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadman Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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
Humboldt 018N 007E 15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 SW 1/4. LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 8-10 TONS OF ORE SAID TO ASSAY $70/TON IN GOLD ARE ON DUMP.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.39336, 41.94677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 90

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

  • 2 ADITS, ONE A DRIFT 270 FT. LONG, THE OTHER A 100 FT. CROSSCUT AND 140 FT. OF DRIFT.

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. 309, PL.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT. THICK. TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 7000 FT.
Deposit 7 UNPATENTED 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

Beyond USGS

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