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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 10035498
MRDS ID M023302
Record type Site
Current site name Slim Jim
Related records 10287217

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0789, 41.28401 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2.5 MI ESE SAWYERS BAR ON W. FORK WHITES GULCH

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 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2. LOCATION TAKEN FROM TOPO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0789, 41.28401
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

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

  • 100 TONS OF ORE REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. $20/TON IN GOLD. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. ADIT AND RAISE TO SURFACE, GIVING 80 FT. OF BACKS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: COST OF MINING & MILLING WAS $5/TON OR MORE.

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, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 457

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 IN-2 FT. THICK
Deposit 20 ACRES SEE LANKY BOB & SLIM JIM ; 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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