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Eliza

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Arsenic
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103318
MRDS ID M023394
Record type Site
Current site name Eliza
Related records 10213743

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78695, 41.76373 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position NORTH FLANK MCKINLEY 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 08,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78695, 41.76373
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Strike N18E
    Dip 78W
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAMPROPHYRE DIKES INTRUDE GREENSTONE

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

  • PRODUCED ABOUT 710 TONS OF GOLD ORE CONTAINING RECOV. PB, AG. STOPED PORTION ABOVE NO. 4 LEVEL SAID TO HAVE YIELDED $150000 BY AMALGAMATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 ADITS, LONGEST 1700 FT. NO. 5 DRIVEN S10W FOR 260 FT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS. ALL ORE ABOVE 4TH LEVEL HAS BEEN STOPED, EXCEPT A LENGTH ON STRIKE OF 180 FT. WHERE ORE WAS BASE. RAISES, CROSSCUTS, ETC. MAP OF WORKINGS IN AVERILL (1931).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 147

  • Deposit

    LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 280

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 439

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD & ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, P 702.

  • Deposit

    5) OBRIEN, J. C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 443-4.

  • Deposit

    6) AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV., CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 32-34

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 CLAIMS. 85 ACRES. FIRST LOCATED IN 1865. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEIN, 1-10 FT. THICK. BLACK FAULT GAUGE ON BOTH WALLS. LAMINATED AND STAINED BROWN/BLACK. MINOR CHANGES IN THICKNESS W/ MINOR FAULT OFFSETS. ORE IS ALL IN-PLACE FROM 5TH LEVEL TO 4TH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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