The Boss is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.24556, -123.13250
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Boss MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Boss
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. LAND IS UNSURVEYED. LOC. VERY QUESTIONABLE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FEW IN. - 2 FT. THICK W/ HARD WALLS, LITTLE - NO GOUGE
Comment (Workings): 250 FT. CROSSCUT TO SOUTH, INCLINED RAISE, 97 FT. LONG CONNECTS W/ 50 FT. CROSSCUT, 140 FT. DRIFT. OTHER OLDER, HIGHER ADITS FOLLOW VEIN FOR 100 FT. AND 140 FT. 100 FT. LONG-STOPE.
Comment (Deposit): SEE NORCAL. 20 ACRES. CLAIM WAS WORKED SINCE 1888. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): BUNCHES AND AREAS OF DECOMPOSED ACID DIKE ROCK OCCUR THROUGHOUT VEIN, SOMETIMES FORMING HANGING WALL. SEVERAL OBLIQUE FAULTS OF SMALL THROW ENCOUNTERED.
References
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 433
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