The Uncle Sam Consolidated is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,902 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.26417, -123.09528
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Uncle Sam Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uncle Sam Consolidated
Secondary: Sheffield
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Liberty
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: 3-5% SULFIDES AT 364 FT. DEPTH SOME GOOD ORE IN WORKINGS.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF CROSSCUT ADITS 120-550 FT. LONG WITH DRIFTS UP TO 420 FT. ON VEIN. OTHER CAVED STOPES & DRIFTS. DWELLINGS AND 8-STAMP MILLS
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED. 60 ACRES. LOCATED IN 1873 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ORE YIELDED $18-$20/TON IN FREE GOLD DOWN TO 500 FT. LEVEL (364 FT. DEEP) ORE IS FREE-MILLING. SELLS AT $18.50/OZ. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: IRELAN (1888) STATES COST OF MILLING, PER TON, IS $1.50
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, AVG. 3.5 FT. THICK PORPHYRY HANGING WALL, SLATE FOOTWALL. LENGTH ALONG LODE, 3000 FT., LENGTH OF ORE SHOOT 110 FT., 2 FT. THICKNESS
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 842, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 458
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 431
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, J., 1888, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V.8 P. 619
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