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Keenan

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035437
MRDS ID M023235
Record type Site
Current site name Keenan
Related records 10214041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.92556, 41.5929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 0.8 MI. SE SUMMIT OF QUARTZ VALLEY LOOKOUT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenview(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N;043N 009W;010W 07;12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 NE 1/4 & SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.92556, 41.5929
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 1.07M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT STRIKING N60E, DIPPING STEEPLY SE CUTS 300 FT. ADIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 111 FT. SHAFT, CROSSCUT TO VEIN 100 FT. SOUTH AND 50 FT. LOWER, ANOTHER ADIT 175 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT AND 300 FT. SOUTH WAS DRIVEN 300 FT. TO FAULT 70 FT. DRIFT ALONG FAULT DID NOT PICK UP 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. 440 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    SOUTHEN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 141

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3.5 FT. THICK
Deposit 40 ACRES. PATENTED CLAIM IN SEC. 7, UNPATENTED CLAIM IN SEC. 12. ; 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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