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Siskiyou Lead

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077756
MRDS ID W025691
Record type Site
Current site name Siskiyou Lead
Alternate or previous names Balfrey
Related records 10116463, 10238547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67111, 41.37234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 15 MILES WEST OF GAZELLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scott Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 041N 007W 28,29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Barite Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8 % PB, 2 % ZN, SOME GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67111, 41.37234
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 323.76HA

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. ADIT WHICH CUTS ORE ZONE 70 FT. FROM PORTAL, DEVELOPING 35 FT. OF BACKS; ALSO BY TWO SHAFTS 50 AND 80 FT. DEEP. NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS. ALL WORKINGS ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C. V., 1931 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 31 , NO. 3 , P. 330.

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 P. 704.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS OCCUR AS FINE GRAINED REPLACEMENT ALONG SHEAR ZONES IN ANDESITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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