Gumboot

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

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

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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

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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