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Gibralter

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 10035449
MRDS ID M023248
Record type Site
Current site name Gibralter
Related records 10166036

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93945, 41.57706 (WGS84)
Elevation 951
Relative position 0.7 MI NE MUGGINSVILLE

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 010W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE TONNAGE ASSAYED $28.50/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93945, 41.57706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NSE
    Dip 34E
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE YIELDED 35 TONS OF ORE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. INCLINE, DRIFT 60 FT. N. ON 70 FT. LEVEL RAISE RUN UP 18 FT. ABOVE DRIFT AT 20 FT. N. OF SHAFT. MILLSITE.

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. 435 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 142

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18-24 IN. THICK
Deposit PATENTED. 81 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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