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Piolet Knob and Kearsarge

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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086614
MRDS ID X025670
Record type Site
Current site name Piolet Knob and Kearsarge
Alternate or previous names Midwinter and Modoc
Related records 10117065

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58334, 41.80262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 1/4 MI SE PIONEER BRIDGE ON HIGHWAY 99

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawkinsville(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 006W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2 NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58334, 41.80262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fools Paradise

Comments on the workings information

  • MID WINTER VEIN WORKED THROUGH 4 SHORT ADITS & 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS. MODOC VEIN THROUGH 2 ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 456

  • Deposit

    LAZIURE, C. MCK., 1920, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 535

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, FEW IN.-3 FT. THICK. ORE IS PARTLY BASE & PARTLY FREE
Deposit 40 ACRES. 2 CLAIMS ; 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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