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Lanky Bob and Slim Jim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035478
MRDS ID M023278
Record type Site
Current site name Lanky Bob and Slim Jim
Alternate or previous names Gold Bug No. 1 and No. 2
Related records 10165712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0689, 41.27678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 2.7 MI ESE SAWYERS BAR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(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 039N 011W 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO. MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $40/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0689, 41.27678
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 60-70E
    Thickness 1.22M

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 production information

  • OUTPUT WAS POSSIBLY $50,000. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL. 250 FT. ABOVE IS LOWEST ADIT, 900 FT. LONG. WORKINGS ON OLDER LEVELS ABOVE ARE CAVED.

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. 296

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 449

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 6 IN.-4 FT. THICK, GOUGE ALONG WALLS

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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