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Central

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 10035409
MRDS ID M023193
Record type Site
Current site name Central
Alternate or previous names Wiegel ?
Related records 10239013

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.7364, 41.96011 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 0.8 MI. N. SUMMIT OF BULLION MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 048N;047N 008W;008W 35;02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SE 1/4 35

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $6/TON (AU IN DIKE) ASSAYED $4/TON IN DIORITE. BLOCK OF 2500 TONS WAS DEVELOPED. A BLOCK OF ORE ABOVE THIS ASSAYED $13.50/TON, OF WHICH 50% RECOV. BY AMALGAMATION.

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 66
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hungry Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE IS MOSTLY FREE-MILLING. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADIT LEVELS. NO. 1 (HIGHEST) LEVEL STOPED TO SURFACE NO. 2 HAS 365 FT. OF DRIFTING. NO. 3 LEVEL 367 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 276

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 829

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 435

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV., CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 30

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 156

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 140 ACRES. LOCATED IN 1893. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN ASSOC. W/ BASIC DIKE. 3 ORE SHOOTS ON NO. 2 LEVEL, EACH 30 FT. LONG AND 3-6 FT. THICK.

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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