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Allen Mine Gemrock,

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10140439
MRDS ID M020212
MAS/MILS ID 0060930001
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mine Gemrock,
Alternate or previous names South Fork Clear Creek Mining Co., Barham
Related records 10033606

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.79282, 41.67544 (WGS84)
Elevation 1323
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Indian Creek Baldy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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 044 N 008 W 08 NENWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.79282, 41.67544
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25E
    Dip 61E
    Thickness 4M
    Length 155M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 2M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 REPLACEMENT
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N25E:61E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Mc Adam Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner David Sibert
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK-GEO DESCRIPT MN DEPS OF CALIF-CAL DIV MINES BUL 152-AP

  • Deposit

    MORSE-UNPUB RPT CAL STATE COUNCILFOR DEFENSE-ALLEN MINE-8/20

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2-5-76-ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS & WOULD BE EXPENSIVE TO CONCENTRATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Niemi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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