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Humpback

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 10035495
MRDS ID M023298
Record type Site
Current site name Humpback
Alternate or previous names Fagundez, Amback
Related records 10141756

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12779, 41.26317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 2.3 MI. S. SAWYERS BAR ON RIDGE BETWEEN FORKS OF EDDYS GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawyers Bar(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 08,04,05,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. CORNORS OF SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY RICH, HIGH-GRADE ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12779, 41.26317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETY
    Strike N20E
    Dip 25NE
    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 Liberty

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF BEST PRODUCERS IN DISTRICT. YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • MILLSITE. 250 FT. ADIT, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS 60 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 835

  • Deposit

    COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 445

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 386

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925) CRAWFORD (1896)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3-12 IN. THICK ORE SHOOT 80-100 FT. LONG HARD BLUE QTZ.
Deposit 80 ACRES. CLAIMS ARE AZORES NO. 1 AND NO. 2, HUMPBACK, OTHER HOLDINGS INCL. 2 PLACER CLAIMS & 2 MILLSITES IN SEC. 4, 5 AND 9 ; 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

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