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Turk

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035444
MRDS ID M023243
Record type Site
Current site name Turk
Alternate or previous names Banks and Maginnis
Related records 10238453

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93501, 41.59762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 0.2 MI. SW OF QUARTZ HILL 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. W 1/2 NW 1/4 7 AND E 1/2 NE 1/4 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93501, 41.59762
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 62NE
    Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS FREE-MILLING. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • UPPER DRIFT LEVEL EXPOSES VEIN FOR 400 FT. 300 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN TOWARDS ANOTHER KNOWN VEIN. 155 FT. BELOW, SECOND LEVEL DRIVEN FOR 450 FT. AND IN ORE SHOOT FOR 30 FT. TOTAL LENGTH WAS 600 FT. THIS LEVEL 280 FT. HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN MILL, WITH WHICH IT WAS CONNECTED BY 700 FT. TRAM. SHAFT STARTED ON KEENAN VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 309-310 P. 4

  • Deposit

    COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS, 2 SHOOTS OF MILL-ORE, ONE 35 FT. LONG, OTHER 60 FT. LONG. AVG. 15 FT.-16 FT. THICK. QUARTZ CONTAINS GOUGE. THIRD VEIN, CALLED KEENAN, ALSO ON PROPERTY.
Deposit 160 ACRES ; 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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