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Herzog - Morgan Claims

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040650
MRDS ID M055504
Record type Site
Current site name Herzog - Morgan Claims
Alternate or previous names Mt. Shasta Cinnabar Mine, Hutton Quicksilver Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.73334, 41.90177 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON EMPIRE CREEK 12 MI FROM GOTTVILLE, ABOUT 3 MI FROM THE OREGON BORDER, Estimated Within Sw Corner Sec. 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cottonwood Peak(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 047N 008W 24,25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CINNABAR IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 179
USGS model code 27c
Deposit model name Silica-carbonate Hg

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.73334, 41.90177
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Klamath River District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W.W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 78, P. 169-170

  • Production

    BRADLEY STATES THAT THE PROPERTY PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-75 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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