The Ida May is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,999 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.25806, -123.11694
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Ida May MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ida May
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: M
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: Faulting (?)
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation To 400 Ft. Depth On Dip Of Vein. Sulfide Ore Below This.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 54 ACRES. CONSOLIDATED INTO THE NORCAL MINING CO. SOMETIME AFTER 1930. SEE NORCAL. ALSO INCL. FRANCES BELL AND LUCKY STRIKE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 6-8 FT. THICK. QTZ. CRUSHED TO SMALL FRAGMENTS WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF GOUGE PRESENT. THOUGHT TO BE FAULTED SEGMENT OF ONE OF VEINS ABOVE. GOUGE ON FOOTWALL SIDE OF VEIN, CONSISTING OF BLACK GRAPHITIC SCHIST. GROUND INTO PUTTY-LIKE GOUGE 2-14 FT. THICK. GOUGE SWELLS FROM LIMESTONE CONTENT. VEIN AVG. 4 FT. THICK IN PAY SHOOTS.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 SECTION EST. FROM TOPO.
Comment (Production): OXIDIZED AU ORE FROM ADIT LEVELS NO. 1 AND NO. 2 YIELDED $45,000 FROM 2000 TONS OF ORE. $25,000 PRODUCED FROM NO. 3 LEVEL. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Workings): 600 FT. OF ADITS W/100 FT. OF ADDITIONAL NEW WORKINGS STARTED IN 1935. SERIES OF LEVELS, NO. 1 252 FT. LONG, NO. 2 160 FT. LONG W/STOPES. NO. 3 LEVEL IS 60 FT. BELOW BEGINNING OF SULFIDE ORE, AND RUNS 321 FT. NW, THEN 230 FT. SW FROM IDA MAY VEIN TO FRANCES BELL CLAIM. DIAGONAL CROSSCUTS FROM DRIFT ACROSS VEIN FOR 60 FT. OFF NO. 3 ADIT, 120 FT. DRIFT RUN SE TO A 40 FT.-HIGH RAISE, WHICH FOLLOWED UP DIP OF VEIN 160 FT. ABOVE LEVEL. NEARLY ALL UNDERGROUND WORK IS BY HAND PICKING DUE TO CRUSHED NATURE OF GROUND. NO. 4 LEVEL 384 FT. LONG. RAISE.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK CRUSHED BLACK SLATY SCHIST AND IN ANDESITIC DIKE. APPEARS AS FLAT BLANKET DEPOSIT GROUND TO GOUGE ALONG ITS CONTACTS BY LOCAL MOVEMENTS.
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. 301-2
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 445-446
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
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