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Gold Mtn. Group

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Nickel
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086618
MRDS ID X025687
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mtn. Group
Related records 10189588

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.62333, 41.43623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.3 MI. NNE MOUNTAIN HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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

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 041N;042N 007W;007W 02;35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NORTH ADIT ASSAYED $1-$2/TON IN AU, TRACE OF NI MATERIAL FROM IRON OXIDE SEAMS ASSAYS $2-$7/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.62333, 41.43623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Thickness 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZ DIORITE CONTAINS SEAMS OF RED IRON OXIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OBRIEN (1947) INDICATED THAT DETAILED MAPPING AND SAMPLING MIGHT DISCLOSE LOW-GRADE GOLD ORE TO BE MINED PROFITABLY NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS CUTS AND TRENCHES, 4 ADITS. NORTH ONE RUN S47W FOR 235 FT. EAST ONE RUNS S15E FOR 215 FT. SW ADIT RUN N20W FOR 90 FT. THROUGH QT. DIORITE. S. ADIT, STARTED IN 1876, RUN NW FOR 500 FT. THROUGH NARROW QT. SEAMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 436 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 139

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL ZONES W/ NARROW SEAMS
Deposit 29 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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