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Highland

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103528
MRDS ID M024328
Record type Site
Current site name Highland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.08168, 41.30623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 1.2 MI ESE SNOWDEN

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 040N 010W 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.08168, 41.30623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 30SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ACIDIC & BASIC DIKE ROCKS

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

  • HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS UNDERHAND STOPED. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 56.08M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 STOPES, 60 BY 4 BY 70 FT., WINZE 60 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 320

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 443-444

  • Production

    LOGAN (1925)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN(S), MAIN ONE 1-6 FT. THICK. 2 OTHER VEINS REPORTED, BUT UNPROSPECTED
Deposit 320 ACRES. CLAIM CHANGED OWNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT PRODUCTION YEARS. LAST OPERATED BY BOHEMIAN MINING CO. IN 1925. ; 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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