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Empire Group

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035517
MRDS ID M023330
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Group
Related records 10263266

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8739, 41.36762 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 3.3 MI. S. DOUGLAS SCHOOL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Callahan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 009W 27,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 50 FT. OF STAINED DIKE ASSAYED $3.20 IN AU (GOLD AT $20). SAMPLE FROM SURFACE CUT INTO 5 FT.-THICK SILICIFIED DIKE MATERIAL ASSAYED $7/TON IN GOLD. SEPARATE SAMPLE, 8-10 IN. THICK GAVE $15.60 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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE TREATED IN MILL IN SEC. 27. VALUE SAID TO BE FROM $6-$42 (GOLD AT $20), FREE MILLING, W/SOME STRINGERS GIVING $65. 60 TONS OF ORE MILLED AVG. $10/TON IN AU. 5 QUARTZ STRINGERS IN DIKE ON LENA CLAIM AVG. $25/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. ADIT GAVE BACK OF 50 FT. ON MAY DAY VEIN. SMALL 15 FT. STOPES AND MILL. ON EMPIRE CLAIM, SIMILAR VEIN DEVELOPED WITH SAME AMOUNT OF WORKINGS. SMALL AMOUNT OF WORK ON REED CLAIM. ADIT TO DIKE ON LENA CLAIM. SURFACE CUTS.

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. 280-1, PL

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN ON EACH CLAIM. MAY DAY IS 4-18 IN. THICK. ARSENICAL ORE FOUND ON REED CLAIM. ON LENA CLAIM, IN SEC. 27, ANDESITIC DIKE W/QUARTZ STRINGERS & CHALCOPYRITE. FRACTURES IN DIKE STAINED WITH COPPER CARBONATES. FOR 50 FT. THICKNESS CONTAINS STRINGERS 3-4 IN. THICK.
Deposit 60 ACRES. CLAIMS INCLUDE EMPIRE, MAY DAY READ AND LENA. ; 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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