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Hi-You, Aurora & Apex

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc
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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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10035435
MRDS ID M023232
Record type Site
Current site name Hi-You, Aurora & Apex
Alternate or previous names Davis
Related records 10141455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.81779, 41.72345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 1 MI. NW DEADWOOD SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Creek Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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 045N 008W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.81779, 41.72345
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Dip 25

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONSIDERABLE PYRITE SEEN IN FRACTURES OF COUNTRY ROCK

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 production information

  • ORE MILLED AT 10-STAMP MILL ON HI-YOU PLACER CLAIM. RETURNS FROM AMALGAMATION $2-$20/TON. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. ADIT. 5 OTHER ADITS DRIVEN 70-200 FT. LONG, BUT NOW CAVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 149

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 288 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 405

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 CLAIMS, HI-YOU, AURORA & APEX ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FLAT VEIN. BANDED QTZ.-0.5-1 IN. THICK SEPARATED BY THIN SEAMS OF GRAPHITIC MATERIAL. VEIN IS 1-2 FT. THICK. ON HANGING WALL, ANDESITIC (?) DIKE OF VERY-FINE GRAINED ROCK OCCURS FOR SHORT DISTANCE.

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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