The Hi-You, Aurora & Apex is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.72361, -122.81667
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Hi-You, Aurora & Apex MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hi-You, Aurora & Apex
Secondary: Davis
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
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
Form: RIBBON
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4
Comment (Production): ORE MILLED AT 10-STAMP MILL ON HI-YOU PLACER CLAIM. RETURNS FROM AMALGAMATION $2-$20/TON. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): FLAT VEIN. BANDED QTZ.-0.5-1 IN. THICK SEPARATED BY THIN SEAMS OF GRAPHITIC MATERIAL. VEIN IS 1-2 FT. THICK. ON HANGING WALL, ANDESITIC (?) DIKE OF VERY-FINE GRAINED ROCK OCCURS FOR SHORT DISTANCE.
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS, HI-YOU, AURORA & APEX ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. ADIT. 5 OTHER ADITS DRIVEN 70-200 FT. LONG, BUT NOW CAVED
Comment (Geology): CONSIDERABLE PYRITE SEEN IN FRACTURES OF COUNTRY ROCK
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 149
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. 288 PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 405
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