Paradise Group

The Paradise Group is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 1,040 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Paradise Group  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 1,040 Feet (317 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.69333, -123.44556

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Paradise Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Paradise Group
Secondary: Hunters Paradise


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper


Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Almost All Of Surface Material Heavily Stained By Iron Oxides.


Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Location): UTM EST E 1/2 E 1/2

Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVELY DRILLED AND SAMPLED IN 1934 WITH IDEA THAT IT MAY CONTAIN ENOUGH GOLD TO PAY BY MINING ON LARGE SCALE.

Comment (Deposit): 460 ACRES. 3 CLAIMS WERE PATENTED UNDER M.S. 5115 NAMED SAN FRANCISCO, HUNTERS PARADISE AND JOLLY JOKER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AND GOSSAN. QTZ. SEAMS.


References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 303, PL.


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