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Golden Eagle

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035452
MRDS ID M023251
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Eagle
Alternate or previous names Indian Creek, Sheba
Related records 10238361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.84779, 41.68067 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 5 MI. N. FORT JONES

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044N 009W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM W-DIPPING VEIN SAID TO RUN $14/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.84779, 41.68067
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip W,E
    Plunge direction S
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE IN WHICH SHAFT IS LOCATED THOUGHT BY MILNE TO BE LATER THAN PERIOD OF MINERALIZATION THAT PRODUCED ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deadwood

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FIRST WORKED PRIOR TO 1900. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 73.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • STEEP INCLINE, 750 FT. ADIT MORE THAN 2000 FT. OF WORK DONE ON LOWEST LEVEL. MILLSITE, SEVERAL DWELLINGS. SEE DIAGRAM IN AVERILL (1931).

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINE OWNER, GEORGE A. MILNE, ABOUT 1935, STATED THAT BEST WAY TO OPEN UP NEW ORE WAS TO SINK SHAFT & OPEN UP ORE SHOOT BELOW STOPE 200 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 283

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 832.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 440-441.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 37-38

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 143-144

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED. 37 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 4 VEINS, AVG. 2 FT. THICK BEST ORE CAME FROM STOPE 200 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT. INTRUSIVE DIKE IN VEIN FOR SHORT DISTANCE, FORMS HANGING WALL OF VEIN IN OTHER PLACES. THUS, VEIN FORMATION FOLLOWED DIKE FORMATION. 3 VEINS DIP E, ONE DIPS W.

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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