The Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.25889, -122.99000
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Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Eagle & Black Dike Groups
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
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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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: QTZ. STRINGER ZONE IN 18 FT. WINZE ASSAYED $27 IN GOLD ACROSS WIDTH OF 3.5 FT.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS AND VEINLETS, SILICEOUS SCHIST FOOTWALL, CHLORITIC SCHIST HANGING WALL
Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 W 1/2 11
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PROSPECTING WAS PLANNED AROUND 1935 TO DETERMINE WHETHER DEPOSIT WAS PROFITABLE TO LARGE-SCALE MINING.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. OF ADITS, ONE 80 FT. LONG, 18 FT. WINZE. OPEN CUTS ON TOP OF RIDGE. LOWER ADIT RUN
Comment (Deposit): 28 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 274-5 PL.
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