The Advance is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.33889, -123.02139
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Advance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Advance
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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): MOST OF INDICATED VALUE PRODUCED IN THIS INTERVAL. LATER PRODUCTION INDICATED LOW-GRADE, FREE-MILLING ORE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): ADVANCE VEIN, 2-4 FT. THICK. IN PLACES SHOWS FREE GOLD. LION VEIN LIES 200 FT. EAST OF ADVANCE VEIN. 2-5 FT. THICK. HANGING WALL IS WHITE DIKE. NUMEROUS STRINGERS & VEINS RUN PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY.
Comment (Workings): OLD WORKINGS 100 FT. OR LESS IN DEPTH. CROSSCUTS, DRIFTS & STOPES OPEN AT INTERVALS FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET ALONG N. SLOPE OF MTN. SEVERAL BUILDING
Comment (Geology): BELTS OF SCHIST, SCHISTOSITY STRIKING N-N20E AND DIPPING STEEPLY WEST. LIGHT-DARK DIKES CUT SCHIST PARALLEL TO SCHISTOSITY. RANGE FROM 'BIRDSEYE' PORPHYRY TO FINER-GRAINED DIORITE TO WHITE RHYOLITE. SCHIST BELTS 50 FT. OR MORE THICK.
Comment (Deposit): 73.5 ACRES. SEE VICTORY GOLD MINES. 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. DISCOVERED IN 1902 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 825-826
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 430
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
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