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Hathaway Group

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10035520
MRDS ID M023335
Record type Site
Current site name Hathaway Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.84695, 41.33484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position 1.2 MI ESE SMITH HILL

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)

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
Mount Diablo 040N 009W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result CU-STAINED ORE ASSAYED $10-$20/TON IN GOLD FROM FIRST DIKE. SECOND DIKE ROCK ASSAYED $4/TON IN GOLD ACROSS 82 FT. THICKNESS ASSAYS ACROSS 30 IN. THICKNESS OF VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, GAVE AVG. $31/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.84695, 41.33484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E,N26E
    Dip 90,57-80NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERIES OF LIMESTONES, CHERTS AND SLATES STRIKE N74W, DIP 61SW

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

  • SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $60,000 FROM STOPE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 340 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. DRIFT. STOPE 95 FT. HIGH, 85 FT. LONG & 30 IN. WIDE. RAISE FROM LOWER LEVEL TAPS STOPE. 94 FT. ABOVE, A SECOND ADIT CONNECTS WITH THE STOPE. STEVENS TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG INTO SECOND DIKE. 85 FT. RAISE ON VEIN. MILLSITE

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. 285-6, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 42

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    AVERILL (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL SEAM, 1 FT. THICK. FILLED WITH HIGHLY OXIDIZED GOUGE, SHOWING GREEN COPPER STAINING & SPECKS OF SULFIDE, IN 32 FT. THICK DIKE WITH ONLY ONE WALL EXPOSED. DIKE HAS SAME STRIKE AND DIP AS SEAM. ANOTHER DIKE EXPOSED IN STEVENS TUNNEL IS OF SIMILAR BASIC ROCK, WITH CALCITE SEAMS, IRON OXIDE AND GREEN-COPPER STAINS. 5 FT.-THICK VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, STAINED WITH BROWN OXIDES OF IRON AND SHOWS HIGH SULFIDE CONTENT IN PLACES. FOOTWALL IS A GRAY CHERT, HANGING WALL IS AN IMPURE LIMESTONE.
Deposit SOME WORK DONE BY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLD, INC. SOMETIME AFTER 1931. ; 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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