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Golden Rule

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10035400
MRDS ID M023180
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Rule
Related records 10189265

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.75501, 41.93872 (WGS84)
Elevation 1298
Relative position 2 MI. S. MAYFLOWER RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Bally(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 047N 008W 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 NE 1/4, OBRIEN (1947) LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.75501, 41.93872
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 87NE
    Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Gold Bullion

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • GOLD RECOV. BY AMALGAMATION NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 20 FT. SHAFT, DRIFT RUN S85E FOR 20 FT. OLDER 65 FT. SHAFT FILLED W/DUMP MATERIAL. ADIT, 300 FT. LONG W/100 FT. DRIFT, SEVERAL PITS ON VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 43 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 261 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 154

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 8-10 IN. THICK
Deposit 3 CLAIMS AND MILLSITE. ACTIVE 1947 ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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