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Mat-A-Pan

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Manganese
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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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035470
MRDS ID M023269
Record type Site
Current site name Mat-A-Pan
Related records 10263146

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.01557, 41.74372 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 0.5 MI. W. SCOTT BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scott Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(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

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 045N 010W 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.01557, 41.74372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • HYDRAULICKED DECOMPOSED SURFACE MATERIAL AND FOR SOME DEPTH INTO FIRMER ROCK BELOW. SEARCHED FOR POCKETS IN SEAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 298, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 150

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NETWORK OF VEINS, FEW IN. 3 FT. THICK. DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO QUARTZ HILL MINE AT SCOTT BAR. ORCHER SEAMS CARRY IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES. OTHER POCKETS CONTAIN FREE GOLD.
Deposit 20 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

Beyond USGS

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

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