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Nebraska

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103308
MRDS ID M023365
Record type Site
Current site name Nebraska
Related records 10165417

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.57584, 41.84956 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 2 MI W. SUMMIT BLACK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hawkinsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 046N 006W 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLING WAS DONE AROUND 1935 TO DETERMINE IF DEPOSIT CONTAINED ENOUGH GOLD FOR PROFITABLE MINING. RESULTS WERE NOT CONCLUSIVE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.57584, 41.84956
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Thickness 0.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKE INTRUDES GRAPHITIC SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE CRUSHED IN ARRASTRA. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 65 FT. SHAFT, 300 FT. ADIT, 250 FT. DRIFT.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CRUSHING OF ORE COST $2/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 300, PL. 4

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 417

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIKE, 50 FT. THICK, WITH VEINLETS 1-2 IN. THICK. WHERE VEINS COME IN CONTACT WITH SCHIST WALLROCK, GOOD ORE POCKET LIKELY TO BE FOUND.
Deposit COMPRISES LOTS 2 AND 3. 122 ACRES. PATENTED ; 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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