Blind Lode

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035455
MRDS ID M023254
Record type Site
Current site name Blind Lode
Alternate or previous names Blind Lode and Connor
Related records 10238954

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.93529, 41.58345 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 1 MI. WNW ORO FINO

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 043N;043N 010W;009W 12;18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NW 1/4 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME RICH ORE EXTRACTED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.93529, 41.58345

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Oro Fino

Comments on the production information

  • YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCES. VALUES FOR BLIND LODE AND CONNOR RESPECTIVELY. ORE WAS FREE-MILLING. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS, LONGEST 600 FT. ON BLIND LODE. 500 FT. ADIT ON CONNOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 278

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 827

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 432-433

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925) SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 IN. THICK 150 FT. ORE SHOOT
Deposit 17 ACRES. PATENTED CLAIMS. LOCATED IN 1876. MAY BE PART OF THE UMPAH MINE HOLDINGS INDICATED ON TOPO MAP ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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