Gold and Nickel

The Gold and Nickel is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,199 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: Gold and Nickel  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 41.44028, -122.62833

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Gold and Nickel MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Gold and Nickel


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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Production): CHUNKS OF SULFIDE ORE HAVE BEEN SORTED OUT & PILED UP TO THE EXTENT OF 200 OR 300 TONS. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS QTZ. HEAVILY STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES. RESEMBLES GASSAN AND CONTAINS OCCASIONAL SPOTS OF PALE YELLOW AND BLACK SULFIDES. PROBABLY MOSTLY IRON COMPOUNDS, BUT PALEGREEN STAINING INDICATES NI MAY BE PRESENT. SOUTH OF ADIT, NUMEROUS OUTCROPS OCCUR FOR SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET WITH SPOTS OF GOSSAN AT INTERVALS. SLATE SHOWS IN SOUTH ADIT, STRIKE N25E, DIP 65W.

Comment (Geology): DIKES OF BASIC ROCK ALTERING TO SERPENTINE ASSOCIATED WITH SULFIDE DEPOSITS.

Comment (Deposit): 200 ACRES, 10 CLAIMS AND SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS OF SIMILAR SIZE IN SAME AREA HELD BY DIFFERENT PERSON. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Workings): 45 FT. SHAFT. 1000 FT. TO SOUTH, NORTH ADIT DRIVEN 300 FT. IN SILICEOUS VEIN MATERIAL CONTAINING PYRITE. SOUTH ADIT DRIVEN 500 FT. IN VEIN MATERIAL. 300 FT. TO WEST, SW ADIT STARTS IN GOSSAN & ENTERS SILICEOUS MATERIAL NEAR FACE.

Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 35


References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV. CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.27, P. 34-35


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