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Deer Pen Creek

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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166195
MAS/MILS ID 0060931888
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Pen Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -123.10223, 41.41794 (WGS84)
Elevation 975

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 041 N 011 W 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -123.10223, 41.41794
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUMMARY GEOLOGY-GRAVEL TERRACE (4 ACRES-1.6 HA) ON TRIASSIC METASEDIMENTARY BEDROCK. PRODUCTION-WORKINGS-1 ACRE (0.4 HA) OF STREAM GRAVEL MINED. SAMPLE DATA RESOURCE ESTIMATE-ONE TRENCH WAS DUG FOURTEEN CUBIC FEET (O.4 M3) OF ALLUVIUM WAS REMOVED FROM ONE CHANNEL SAMPLE FOR ANALYSIS. GOLD BEARING GRAVEL ON 4 ACRES (1.6 HA) TOTALS 39000 YD3 (29800 M3) AVERAGING 0.0003 YD3 (0.01 G/M3 GOLD.

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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