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Soda Mint

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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035364
MRDS ID M023127
Record type Site
Current site name Soda Mint
Related records 10286680

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.23193, 41.19957 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 4 MI NORTHWEST OF WILLOW CREEK RANCH ON SODA CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Girard Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 003W 29 W2 OF NW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Totally Altered

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED AS HIGH AS 0.275 OZ/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.23193, 41.19957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND VUGS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK ORIGINALLY FINE-GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK, NOW THOROUGHLY WEATHERED AND DISINTEGRATED ON SURFACE, SO IT APPEARS AS FINE-GRAINED SAND OF YELLOWISH AND RED-BROWN COLOR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 1100 FT OF ADITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 309, PL. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY OF LOW-GRADE ORE, 200 FT THICK, IN DECOMPOSED ROCK. VUGS AND SEAMS.
Deposit 40 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
Updater 01-JAN-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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