The Long Gulch is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,520 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: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.76083, -122.67444
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Long Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Gulch
Secondary: Gold Leaf
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
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
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MILL TESTS AROUND 1947 INDICATED A LITTLE FREE GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 SE 1/4 08
Comment (Workings): 3 ADITS, LOWEST 450 FT. LONG, 350 FT. OF WHICH IS A DRIFT ON 2-3.5 FT. THICK VEIN. 40 FT. RAISE HOLED TO SURFACE AT 430 FT A SECOND RAISE CONNECTS W/ ADIT LEVEL 70 FT. ABOVE. HOLED INTO ADIT 20 FT. FROM FACE. ADIT 70 FT. ABOVE DRIFTED 176 FT. ON VEIN. THIRD ADIT 300 FT. HIGHER HAS DRIFT 55 FT. LONG ON VEIN AND 40 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE. ON GOLD LEAF CLAIM, 2 NW-TRENDING ADITS TO 185-FT. LONG.
Comment (Geology): VEIN FAULTED 16 FT. TO SOUTH IN 3 PLACES. FAULTS STRIKE N70-80E, DIPS 22-30 S.
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES GOLD LEAF, BEAUTY AND PRAIRIE CLAIMS. AVERILL (1935) PLACES GOLD LEAF CLAIM IN T46N, R7W, SEC. 26 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE MILLED FROM UPPER ADIT IN 8-FT ARRASTRA IN 1914, BUT RECOVERY IS UNKNOWN. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AVG. 3 FT. THICK. ANOTHER ONE IS 2-3.5 FT. THICK. THIN SEAMS OF QTZ. PARALLEL VEINS. GOLD LEAF CLAIM HAS VEINS 6-18 IN. THICK.
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. 284 PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 145, 151
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935)
Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 442 PL. 42
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