The Paradise Group is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 1,040 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: 1,040 Feet (317 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.69333, -123.44556
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Paradise Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Paradise Group
Secondary: Hunters Paradise
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
Not available
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Almost All Of Surface Material Heavily Stained By Iron Oxides.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST E 1/2 E 1/2
Comment (Workings): EXTENSIVELY DRILLED AND SAMPLED IN 1934 WITH IDEA THAT IT MAY CONTAIN ENOUGH GOLD TO PAY BY MINING ON LARGE SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): 460 ACRES. 3 CLAIMS WERE PATENTED UNDER M.S. 5115 NAMED SAN FRANCISCO, HUNTERS PARADISE AND JOLLY JOKER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AND GOSSAN. QTZ. SEAMS.
References
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. 303, PL.
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