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Sheffield

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. 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 10035496
MRDS ID M023299
Record type Site
Current site name Sheffield
Alternate or previous names Madrone?
Related records 10287600

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0964, 41.28401 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ON RIDGE BETWEEN EDDYS GULCH & WHITES GULCH, 4 MI. E. 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 040N 011W 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 SE 1/4 LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0964, 41.28401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    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

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF TUNNELING. 8-STAMP MILLSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 291

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 8 FT. THICK (BLANKET) AND 2 FT. THICK

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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