Hathaway Group

The Hathaway Group is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,599 feet.

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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: Hathaway Group  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.335, -122.84583

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Hathaway Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hathaway Group


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

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Not available


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CU-STAINED ORE ASSAYED $10-$20/TON IN GOLD FROM FIRST DIKE. SECOND DIKE ROCK ASSAYED $4/TON IN GOLD ACROSS 82 FT. THICKNESS ASSAYS ACROSS 30 IN. THICKNESS OF VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, GAVE AVG. $31/TON.


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Deposit): SOME WORK DONE BY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLD, INC. SOMETIME AFTER 1931. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4

Comment (Production): SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $60,000 FROM STOPE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL SEAM, 1 FT. THICK. FILLED WITH HIGHLY OXIDIZED GOUGE, SHOWING GREEN COPPER STAINING & SPECKS OF SULFIDE, IN 32 FT. THICK DIKE WITH ONLY ONE WALL EXPOSED. DIKE HAS SAME STRIKE AND DIP AS SEAM. ANOTHER DIKE EXPOSED IN STEVENS TUNNEL IS OF SIMILAR BASIC ROCK, WITH CALCITE SEAMS, IRON OXIDE AND GREEN-COPPER STAINS. 5 FT.-THICK VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, STAINED WITH BROWN OXIDES OF IRON AND SHOWS HIGH SULFIDE CONTENT IN PLACES. FOOTWALL IS A GRAY CHERT, HANGING WALL IS AN IMPURE LIMESTONE.

Comment (Workings): 340 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. DRIFT. STOPE 95 FT. HIGH, 85 FT. LONG & 30 IN. WIDE. RAISE FROM LOWER LEVEL TAPS STOPE. 94 FT. ABOVE, A SECOND ADIT CONNECTS WITH THE STOPE. STEVENS TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG INTO SECOND DIKE. 85 FT. RAISE ON VEIN. MILLSITE

Comment (Geology): SERIES OF LIMESTONES, CHERTS AND SLATES STRIKE N74W, DIP 61SW


References

Reference (Deposit): COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU

Reference (Production): AVERILL (1931)

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. 285-6, PL. 4

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 42


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