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Oriental Quartz Mine

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 10086633
MRDS ID X025766
Record type Site
Current site name Oriental Quartz Mine
Related records 10287730

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12001, 41.25734 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 0.5 MI. S. ROLLIN

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 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 UNCERTAIN. LOC. EST. FROM TOPO.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12001, 41.25734
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK DESCRIBED AS BLACK, SLATY. THOUGHT THAT HEAVY GOUGE CAUSED BY HILLSIDE DRAG ALONG PLANE OF VEIN

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 workings information

  • ADIT, TRENDS N55W FOR 112 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 453

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2-3 FT. THICK W/HEAVY GOUGE ON HANGING WALL. NEARLY FLAT
Deposit ADJOINS BASS MINE. ; 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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