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Helger

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103315
MRDS ID M023386
Record type Site
Current site name Helger
Alternate or previous names Oregon, Aldrich
Related records 10116502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.75556, 41.77567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position SW SLOPE LAWSONS GULCH, 1.3 MI. NE SUMMIT MCKINNLEY MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McKinley Mountain(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)

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
Mount Diablo 045N 008W 03,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 SW 1/4 3, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.75556, 41.77567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 30SE
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Humbug

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCES. NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 80 FT. APART, LOWEST A CROSSCUT 180 FT. LONG, W/ 720 FT. OF DRIFTING. 5-STAMP MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 405

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 146

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    OBRIEN (1947) LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2-6 FT. THICK
Deposit 60 ACRES. ACTIVE IN 1946. ; 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

Beyond USGS

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