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Youngs Peak

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036227
MRDS ID M024298
Record type Site
Current site name Youngs Peak
Related records 10263206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.62782, 41.88511 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 8 MI FROM A RAILROAD (GREAT NORTHERN?)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broken Rib Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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)

Siskiyou Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
Humboldt 016N 005E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.62782, 41.88511
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA, IN IRON RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 129, P. 300.

  • Deposit

    HODGE, E.T., 1938, REPORT ON AVAILABLE RAW MATERIALS FOR A PACIFIC COAST IRON INDUSTRY, V. 5, PT. 1, P. 72; WAR DEPT. CORPS ENG., U.S. ARMY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. A SPECIMAN OF HIGH-GRADE MAGNETITE PRESUMABLY CAME FROM THE YOUNGS PEAK DEPOSIT WHICH WAS SAID TO BE 200 FT WIDE AND 400-500 FT LONG. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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