Elk Lick

Occurrence in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117003
MAS/MILS ID 0060930065
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Lick

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.56365, 41.83563 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Preston Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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
Humboldt 017 N 006 E 30 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.56365, 41.83563

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CITIZENS COM FOR ECO DEV, 1961, P 235

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.