The Turk is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.59778, -122.93389
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Turk MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Turk
Secondary: Banks and Maginnis
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 NW 1/4 7 AND E 1/2 NE 1/4 12
Comment (Production): ORE WAS FREE-MILLING. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS, 2 SHOOTS OF MILL-ORE, ONE 35 FT. LONG, OTHER 60 FT. LONG. AVG. 15 FT.-16 FT. THICK. QUARTZ CONTAINS GOUGE. THIRD VEIN, CALLED KEENAN, ALSO ON PROPERTY.
Comment (Workings): UPPER DRIFT LEVEL EXPOSES VEIN FOR 400 FT. 300 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN TOWARDS ANOTHER KNOWN VEIN. 155 FT. BELOW, SECOND LEVEL DRIVEN FOR 450 FT. AND IN ORE SHOOT FOR 30 FT. TOTAL LENGTH WAS 600 FT. THIS LEVEL 280 FT. HIGHER IN ELEVATION THAN MILL, WITH WHICH IT WAS CONNECTED BY 700 FT. TRAM. SHAFT STARTED ON KEENAN VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): 160 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 141
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. 309-310 P. 4
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU
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