The Gumboot is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.75111, -122.88750
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Gumboot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gumboot
Secondary: Gumboat
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Scott River
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): 120 FT. CROSSOUT ADIT, 100 FT. DRIFT. RAISE PROSPECT CUTS. SHAFT 300 FT. CROSSCUT THROUGH OTHER VEIN. 200 FT. ADIT 200 FT. BELOW WORKINGS FIRST MENTIONED. IT PASSES THROUGH A METASEDIMENTARY SERIES, QUARTZITE, LIMESTONE & SLATE. DIAGRAM OF DEPOSIT AND WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN AVERILL (1931) P. 41.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS STRIKE N22W, DIP 60SW.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, AVG. 3 FT. THICK HANGING WALL IS RHYOLITIC, FOOTWALL IS CALCAREOUS SLATE. OTHER VEINS ON PROPERTY. ONE STRIKES N40W, DIPS 45SW.
Comment (Production): 18 TONS OF UNSORTED ORE BROUGHT GROSS RETURNS OF $75.73/TON, 6 OZ. BEING SILVER, THE BALANCE GOLD. (AU AT $20.67/OZ.). NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 100 ACRES. 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; 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. 833
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
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 404.
Reference (Deposit): 5) AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 441
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