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Boss

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035433
MRDS ID M023229
Record type Site
Current site name Boss
Related records 10262807

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.13362, 41.2454 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 2 MI. E. OF BLACK BEAR CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cecilville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(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 039N 011W 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND IS UNSURVEYED. LOC. VERY QUESTIONABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.13362, 41.2454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N62E-N80E
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BUNCHES AND AREAS OF DECOMPOSED ACID DIKE ROCK OCCUR THROUGHOUT VEIN, SOMETIMES FORMING HANGING WALL. SEVERAL OBLIQUE FAULTS OF SMALL THROW ENCOUNTERED.

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

  • 250 FT. CROSSCUT TO SOUTH, INCLINED RAISE, 97 FT. LONG CONNECTS W/ 50 FT. CROSSCUT, 140 FT. DRIFT. OTHER OLDER, HIGHER ADITS FOLLOW VEIN FOR 100 FT. AND 140 FT. 100 FT. LONG-STOPE.

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. 433

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FEW IN. - 2 FT. THICK W/ HARD WALLS, LITTLE - NO GOUGE
Deposit SEE NORCAL. 20 ACRES. CLAIM WAS WORKED SINCE 1888. ; 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

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