The Soda Mint is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,900 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
Elevation: 2,900 Feet (884 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.19972, -122.23083
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Soda Mint MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soda Mint
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Not available
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Form: SEAMS AND VUGS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rock Totally Altered
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED AS HIGH AS 0.275 OZ/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1100 FT OF ADITS
Comment (Deposit): BODY OF LOW-GRADE ORE, 200 FT THICK, IN DECOMPOSED ROCK. VUGS AND SEAMS.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK ORIGINALLY FINE-GRAINED IGNEOUS ROCK, NOW THOROUGHLY WEATHERED AND DISINTEGRATED ON SURFACE, SO IT APPEARS AS FINE-GRAINED SAND OF YELLOWISH AND RED-BROWN COLOR.
Comment (Deposit): 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 309, PL. 4
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