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Shotgun Gulch

Prospect 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. 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 10165812
MAS/MILS ID 0060931883
Record type Site
Current site name Shotgun Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -123.07393, 41.46764 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yellow Dog 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)

Marble Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 042 N 011 W 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -123.07393, 41.46764
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SUMMARY GEOLOGY-QUARTZ VEIN 2 FEET (0.6 METERS) WIDE ORIENTED NORTH 70 DEGREES WEST, 55 DEGREES NORTHEAST. CROPS OUT FOR 60 FEET (18 METERS) ALONG SCHIST AND GRANITIC INTRUSIVE CONTACT. . PRODUCTION-WORKINGS-NONE . SAMPLE DATA RESOURCE ESTIMATE-FOUR LODE SAMPLES TAKEN. QUARTZ VEIN CONTAINED TRACE GOLD NO SILVER, FROM 60 TO 150 PPM COPPER, AND FROM 690 TO 870 PPM MAGANESE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reference

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-FEB-1985 Erickson 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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