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Ball Quartz Mine

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 10106540
MRDS ID X025764
Record type Site
Current site name Ball Quartz Mine
Alternate or previous names Ball, A.J.
Related records 10213598

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15779, 41.26428 (WGS84)
Elevation 1268
Relative position 1 MI. S. BURNS RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawyers Bar(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 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4 SECTION EST. FROM TOPO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.15779, 41.26428
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NE
    Thickness 0.91M

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

  • REPORTED TO CARRY $25/TON IN GOLD. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 STAMP MILL. 100 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. DRIFT, SMALL MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922, EIGHTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 496

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    TUCKER (1922)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT. THICK HARD BLUE QUARTZ

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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Authoritative California resources

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