Blue Ledge

The Blue Ledge is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: Blue Ledge  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper

Lat, Long: 41.98, -123.09400

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Blue Ledge MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blue Ledge
Secondary: Blue Ledge Extension


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Elliott Creek


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

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Perry Hylton Coal Co. Bx 986,Beckley,W. Virginia
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: West Virginia
Info Year: 1978


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L


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

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Pyrrhotite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Galena


Comments

Comment (Geology): CARBONACEOUS, SERICITIC, CHLORITIC, AND QUARTZIC SCHISTS IDENTIFIED IN MINE. MOST MINERALIZATION IN MICA AND QUARTZ SCHISTS

Comment (Geology): MIN-2 02. SOME PY X-TALS >8.OCM. MIN-2 SOME PYRITE CRYSTALS GREATER THAN 8.0CM

Comment (Workings): ALSO TYPICAL COASTAL BRUSH.CONIFER SPECIES, INCLUDE SUGAR PINE, YELLOW PINE, LODGEPOLE PINE AND SEVERAL SPECIES OF FIR. PRESENT DIRT RD. MUST BE WIDENED, PROPERLY DRAINED AND SURFACED FOR YEAR ROUND HAULAGE


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNDHAUSEN,R.J.,BLUE LEDGE CU-ZN MINE REPT. OF INVESTIGATION

Reference (Deposit): OCT. 1947

Reference (Deposit): HUTCHINSON,R.,M., A PRELIMINARY ON THE GEOL OF THE BLUE LEDG

Reference (Deposit): MINE, USGS OCT,23 1945

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOL.V.43,NO.4,1947,P.424

Reference (Deposit): CALIF JOUR MINESAND GEOL. V.43 NO 4,1947 P 424.


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