Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc.

The Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc. is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 1,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Buzzard Hill Mine, Inc.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

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

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

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

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To Outer Part Of No. 1 Adit, About 90 Ft. On Dip Of Vein

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES TAKEN IN E. CROSSCUT FROM NO 1 ADIT IN HEAVY PYRITE SHOWED 1-2% CU. IF SAMPLING AND ASSAY VALUES REPRESENTATIVE, SHOULD PROVE TO BE PROFITABLE ORE. ASSAYS OF OXIDIZED ORE AT BUZZARD GROUP INDICATED IT TO BE LOW-GRADE IN GOLD, SILVER AND COPPER.

Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): NO. 1 (LOWER) ADIT DRIVEN NE OVER 250 FT., NO. 2 ADIT, 52 FT. ON DIP ABOVE NO. 1 CUTS VEIN 50 FT. FROM PORTAL DIVEN THROUGH OXIDIZED ORE FOR 180 FT. 2 INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, 3 RAISES FROM NO. 2 TO NO. 1 ADITS. CLAIMS ONLY SLIGHTLY PROSPECTED BY WORK DONE. FROM BUZZARD WORKINGS TO OUTLOOK WORKINGS, 2600 FT. ALONG STRIKE, NO WORK DONE. VEIN WAS SLIGHTLY PROSPECTED AT THE OUTLOOK.

Comment (Geology): OXIDIZED ORE, ABOVE NO. 1 ADIT FORMS SOFT, POROUS, LIGHT & EASILY WORKABLE MASS, CARRYING FINELY DIVIDED FREE GOLD & QUARTZ.

Comment (Deposit): 240 ACRES. 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN SEC. 4 AND 5. 7 CLAIMS IN SEC. 32 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Production): IN JULY OF 1941, ABOUT 30 TONS OF GOSSAN ORE WAS CYANIDED PER WEEK. 80% EXTRACTION FOR ORE CLAIMED, ASSAYING $17.15. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN IN SHEAR ZONE ABOVE MASSIVE PYRITE DEPOSIT, 2-12 FT. THICK LEVEL OF SULFIDE ORE RISES AS DISTANCE AND ELEVATION FROM CREEK INCREASES.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4 32 AND N 1/2 5

References

Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 430 PL. 42

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 276, 316, PL. 4

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 434-435

Reference (Production): OBRIEN (1947)

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LOGAN (1925)

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