Soda Mint

The Soda Mint is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,900 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: Soda Mint  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

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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