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Morrison and Carlock

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086630
MRDS ID X025748
Record type Site
Current site name Morrison and Carlock
Alternate or previous names Little Queen
Related records 10117210

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94723, 41.58484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 3/4 MI. N. MUGGINSVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(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)

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 043N 010W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2

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 > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94723, 41.58484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-NW
    Dip 0-32E
    Thickness 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AT 50 FT. LEVEL OF INCLINE, FAULT DISPLACES FOOTWALL 72 FT. BELOW HANGING WALL. ACIDIC DIKE (NEAR SURFACE) AND GREENSTONE (SUBSURFACE), MARBLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ACIDIC DIKE STATED TO HAVE YIELDED CONSIDERABLE ORE WHEN MINE WAS FIRST WORKED. PRIOR TO 1907 CREDITED W/$500,000 PRODUCTION. ORE IS FREE-MILLING. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 225 FT., 60 DEGREE INCLINE, AT BOTTOM, A CROSSCUT. 8 LEVELS; ANOTHER INCLINE FOLLOWS DIP OF VEIN 26 DEG., FOR 550 FT. 300 FT. OF DRIFTS. STOPES. HANGING WALL WASTE BROKEN FOR THICKNESS OF 3 FT. TO GIVE ROOM TO WORK, THEN QUARTZ WAS BROKEN SEPARATELY. MILLSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 837

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 323, 298-97, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 44-45

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 450.

  • Deposit

    5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 142

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FLAT NEAR SURFACE TO AVG. 26 DEG. DIP AT DEPTH. 14 IN. - 18 IN. THICK. QTZ. IS SMOKY, BRITTLE. ONE ORE SHOOT 160 FT. LONG.
Deposit 60 ACRES. OPERATED BY NORTHERN CALIF. GOLD, INC. SINCE 1933. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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