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Gold Road Group

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 10035584
MRDS ID M023430
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Road Group
Related records 10189952

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.73473, 41.73428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 MI. W. YREKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yreka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shasta(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 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SE 1/4; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $8/TON IN GOLD, MAXIUM OF $19/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.73473, 41.73428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON

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 workings information

  • OLD WORKINGS, MADE ABOUT 1900, WERE REOPENED & SAMPLED. 50 FT. DRIFT WAS SAMPLED EACH 5 FT. ADDITION 100 FT. OF DRIFT, 35 FT. WINZE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 40-41

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVG. 4 FT. THICK NO OUTCROP VISABLE, SURFACE COVERED DEEPLY WITH SOIL.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS. 110 ACRES ADJOINS MT. VERNON PROPERTY. ACTIVE ABOUT 1900, 1930-1931. ; 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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