The Hathaway Group is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.335, -122.84583
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Hathaway Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hathaway Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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: 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: CU-STAINED ORE ASSAYED $10-$20/TON IN GOLD FROM FIRST DIKE. SECOND DIKE ROCK ASSAYED $4/TON IN GOLD ACROSS 82 FT. THICKNESS ASSAYS ACROSS 30 IN. THICKNESS OF VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, GAVE AVG. $31/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SOME WORK DONE BY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GOLD, INC. SOMETIME AFTER 1931. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4
Comment (Production): SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $60,000 FROM STOPE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VERTICAL SEAM, 1 FT. THICK. FILLED WITH HIGHLY OXIDIZED GOUGE, SHOWING GREEN COPPER STAINING & SPECKS OF SULFIDE, IN 32 FT. THICK DIKE WITH ONLY ONE WALL EXPOSED. DIKE HAS SAME STRIKE AND DIP AS SEAM. ANOTHER DIKE EXPOSED IN STEVENS TUNNEL IS OF SIMILAR BASIC ROCK, WITH CALCITE SEAMS, IRON OXIDE AND GREEN-COPPER STAINS. 5 FT.-THICK VEIN IN SW 1/4 SEC. 11, STAINED WITH BROWN OXIDES OF IRON AND SHOWS HIGH SULFIDE CONTENT IN PLACES. FOOTWALL IS A GRAY CHERT, HANGING WALL IS AN IMPURE LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): 340 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. DRIFT. STOPE 95 FT. HIGH, 85 FT. LONG & 30 IN. WIDE. RAISE FROM LOWER LEVEL TAPS STOPE. 94 FT. ABOVE, A SECOND ADIT CONNECTS WITH THE STOPE. STEVENS TUNNEL 400 FT. LONG INTO SECOND DIKE. 85 FT. RAISE ON VEIN. MILLSITE
Comment (Geology): SERIES OF LIMESTONES, CHERTS AND SLATES STRIKE N74W, DIP 61SW
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU CALIF.: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1931)
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. 285-6, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 42
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