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Schroeder

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035575
MRDS ID M023416
Record type Site
Current site name Schroeder
Alternate or previous names Schroeder and Warner
Related records 10165558

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.80695, 41.75094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1 1/4 MI SSE DEADWOOD LOOKOUT IN KELLY GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(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 045N 008W 17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NE 1/4 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD SAID TO BE 85% FREE. MOUNTAIN BOY VEIN FURNISHED CONSIDERABLE NUGGET GOLD.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $40/TON IN FACE OF EAST 100 FT. ADIT OR 1.14 OZ. AU. ORE FROM SHATTERED, IRON-STAINED QTZ. ASSAYED $8.80/TON IN FREE GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.80695, 41.75094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description West Drift Crosses Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 74S
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREENSTONE HIGHLY ALTERED. DIORITIC INTRUSION OBSERVED AT A POINT HIGHER ON THE MTN. COMPLEX GEOLOGY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deadwood

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • MOST PRODUCTIVE LEVELS AT 300 FT DEPTH. ORE MILLED BY AMALGAMATION. A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1927. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1600 FT. ADIT, 96 FT. WINZE. DRIFTS RUN 70 FT. EAST & 40 FT. WEST AT BOTTOM OF WINZE. MILL. 200 FT. OF DRIFTS ON EAST-WEST VEIN. 60 FT. LONG STOPE, 60 FT. HIGH AND 5 FT. WIDE. OTHER ADITS. IRELAN (1888) GIVES WORKS FOR EACH SPECIFIC CLAIM UP TO THAT YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 448 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 307-8 PL. 4

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27 P. 53

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 424-425

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 148

  • Deposit

    6) IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 P. 626-627

  • Production

    AVERILL (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 VEIN(S), 6-10 IN TO 7-8 FT. THICK. COULD BE FAULTED SEGMENTS OF 1 VEIN SHATTERED QUARTZ HEAVILY STAINED BY IRON OXIDES. IRELAN (1888) GIVES THICKNESS OF VEINS, LENGTHS OF ORE SHOOTS ON EACH CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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