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Cleaver

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086637
MRDS ID X025772
Record type Site
Current site name Cleaver
Alternate or previous names Brown Bear, Golden and Eveleth
Related records 10117777

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08473, 41.25512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 3.5 MI. SE 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 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. ON UNSURVEYED LAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result GOLD IS 0.869 FINE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08473, 41.25512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 38 N
    Thickness 5.79M

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

  • EVELETH AND BROWN BEAR CLAIMS CREDITED WITH EST. PRODUCTION OF $40,000. CRYSTAL CLAIM WITH EST. $35,000 FROM BIG BUNCH OF QUARTZ, FROM WHICH SULFIDES ASSAYED WELL. PAID $8.10/TON IN FREE GOLD FROM MILLING. LAST PRODUCTION FROM MINE IN 1909. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4-STAMP MILL OPERATED AT ONE TIME, LOWEST ADIT, ON BROWN BEAR CLAIM, WAS OPEN 200 FT., 300 FT. BELOW SUMMIT. CROSSCUT AT 200 FT. POINT CROSSES MAXIUM THICKNESS OF VEIN. CROSSCUTS, STOPES AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 279

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 316, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 436-437

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 140 ACRES. 7 UNPATENTED LOCATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS, IN PLACES QTZ. ENCLOSES BRECCIATED PIECES OF WALLROCK AND IS SUGARY IN TEXTURE. HANGING WALL BRECCIA, FOOTWALL IS DECOMPOSED PORPHYRY. ELSEWHERE, FOOTWALL IS BLACK SLATE, HANGING WALL PORPHYRY. ONE ORE SHOOT 70 FT. LONG, FT. THICK (AVG. $15/TON AU).

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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