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Gray Eagle

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077732
MRDS ID W025641
Record type Site
Current site name Gray Eagle
Alternate or previous names Dakin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.37225, 41.86316 (WGS84)
Elevation 732

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slater Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 017N 007E 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC.; TOPO. SHOWS THE MINE IN SEC. 14, NOT 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Goethite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 6 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.37225, 41.86316
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 21.34M
    Length 243.84M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK IS PROBABLY A TUFF EQUIVALENT TO ROGUE FM. (SIL-JUR). ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS IN AN ORE ZONE WHICH VARIES IN WIDTH, AND CARRIES ORE ALONG FRACTURE PLANES NORMAL TO THE COUNTY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1916 - 1919 , 1943 - 1945

Mining district

District name Happy Camp

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Period 1943 - 1945
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^3 % Cu
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Copper Copper 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO VALUES: OVER 1,000,000 TONS CLAIMED TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED OUT BY 1919 . REOPENED IN 1941 BY GRAY EAGEL COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 32 CLAIMS; MAIN ADIT NO. 7 OVER 10,000 FT. OF WORKINGS AT THIS LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1935 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 272 - 273.

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 354 , P. 703.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , MINES AND MINERALS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 43 , NO. 4 , P. 425.

  • Production

    O'BRIEN, J. C., 1947 , P. 425

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN OVERLIES ORE BODY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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