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Klamath

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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086632
MRDS ID X025765
Record type Site
Current site name Klamath
Alternate or previous names Norcal Mining Co., Security Group
Related records 10238555

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12279, 41.25262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3 MI. S. SAWYERS BAR

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 16,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. TAILING LOSS EST. AT $1/TON IN FREE GOLD AND $0.80/TON CONC.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12279, 41.25262
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES, LENSES
    Strike N-NE
    Dip S-45 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIP OF KLAMATH VEIN PARALLELS SCHISTOSITY.

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

  • 1883 VALUES SUBSTANTIATED BY C.W. RAYMOND, WHO MADE NUMEROUS ASSAYS & MEASUREMENTS OF OLD STOPES IN 1906. LATER RECORDS ARE LESS EXACT AS THE KLAMATH & MT. LAUREL MINES WERE OPERATED JOINTLY BY SEVERAL COMPANIES & ORE WAS MILLED AT SAME MILL IN ROLLIN. REMAINS IN KLAMATH MINE SAID TO BE LOW-GRADE. VALUED AT $5-$12/TON IN GOLD; AVG. NEWR $12/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SELECTIVE MINING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING BODIES OF LOW-GRADE QUARTZ. NUMBER OF ADITS, STOPES FROM 50-400 FT. ON STRIKE

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. 446 PL. 42

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 324, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 448-449

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 410

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, MAIN FISSURE CONNECTS CENTRAL, MT. LAUREL. STRONGEST VEINS IN DISTRICT HAVE POST-MINERAL GOUGES. SAID TO BE 2-3 FT. OF OVERLAPPING STRATA OF QUARTZ SEPARATED BY HORSES IN SOME OF OLD KALMATH WORKINGS. VEIN & ORE FROM 2-24 FT. THICK.
Deposit 400 ACRES. PART OF A GROUP OF CLAIMS WHICH INCL. THE IDA MAY, FRANCIS BELL LUCKY STRIKE AND/OR UNION AND CENTRAL. ALL ARE WERE PART OF THE SECURITY GROUP AT THE TIME OF THE LATEST REFERENCE. SEE NORKAL MINING CO. FOR MORE DATA. ; 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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