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Gold Reef

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 10035450
MRDS ID M023249
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Reef
Alternate or previous names Bean
Related records 10117216

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.98668, 41.53317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 1 MI. NW KINDIG CAMP

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 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PYRITE NEAR SURFACE ASSAYED $2/TON IN GOLD. 85 FT. ABOVE CROSSCUT, A LEACHED WHITE SUGARY QTZ. STAINED YELLOW, BROWN & BLACK IN STREAKS, ASSAYED $4.50/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.98668, 41.53317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152.4M
    Depth to top 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT RUN S 83 W FOR 215 FT. STRIPPED OF 15 FT. OF OVER BURDON W/BULLDOZER, VERTICAL HOLES DRILLED, 5 FT. DEEP, SPACED AT 3 FT. INTERVALS, 3 FT. WIDE TRENCH.

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. 436 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 143

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 21-25 FT. THICK
Deposit 280 ACRES. PATENTED ; 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

Beyond USGS

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