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Luna

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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035537
MRDS ID M023360
Record type Site
Current site name Luna
Related records 10287155

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.71251, 41.76428 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position 4 MI. NW YREKA ON S. FORK HUMBUG CREEK LOCATION EST. FROM TOPO MAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(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 045N 008W 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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) -122.71251, 41.76428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60NE

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

  • ORE IS FREE MILLING. REPORTED TO PAY $9-$22.60/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 235 AND 120 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF.: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 P. 628-629

  • Production

    IRELAN (1888)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2.5 FT. THICK. ORE SHOOT 35 FT. LONG. BRECCIATED.

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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