Scott River District

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001028
MRDS ID MP90018
Record type District
Current site name Scott River District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.63501, 41.46174 (WGS84)
Relative position POORLY DEFINED ARE, CENTERED AROUND THE TOWN OF CALLHAN AND EXTENDS NORTH ALONG THE SCOTT RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gazelle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Shasta(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.63501, 41.46174

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description KLAMATH MOUNTAINS: FOLDED AND FAULTED ORDOVICIAN TO JURASSIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS
Type of structure Regional
Structure description DISPLACED EXTENSION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE, WITH TIGHT ISOCLINAL FOLDING AND INTRUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEVADAN OROGENY. CENOZOIC NORMAL AND HIGH ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name SCOTT RIVER DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TOM FERRERO, 1990, THE LIBERTY GOLD MINING DISTRICT, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 6, P. 123-133.

  • Deposit

    KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.

  • Deposit

    TOOKER, E.W., AND VERCOUTERE, T.L., 1986, GOLD IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, PERSPECTIVE OF 1986--PRELIMINARY MAP OF SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND GEOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES OF PRODUCTIVE (>10,000 OZ) GOLD DISTRICTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-209, 32 P.

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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