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Keaton

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086631
MRDS ID X025763
Record type Site
Current site name Keaton
Related records 10141867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08779, 41.25651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3.7 MI. SE SAWYERS BAR. ADJOINING HINCKLEY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanners Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(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 039N 011W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 W 1/2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DUBOIS TOOK 108 POST-HOLE AVGER SAMPLES TO MAX. DEPTH OF 6 FT. ASSAYS REPORTED TO RETURN $3.60/TON IN GOLD ($20.67/OZ.). IN ONE PLACE, A WIDTH OF 120 FT. WAS SAMPLED W/A ROW OF 10 HOLES.

Economic information

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

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, OPEN PITS. MILLSITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 291 PL.

  • Production

    AVERILL (1935)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS. A 2000-WORD REPORT. BY L. DUBOIS ON THIS PROPERTY ON FILE AT REDDING OFFICE OF CALIF. DIV. MINES ; 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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