The Commodore is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.80083, -122.87417
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Commodore MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Commodore
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Form: RIBBON-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: EST. ASSAYS OF $7/TON IN FREE GOLD AND $20/TON TOTAL.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): DRIFT-ADITS TO 300 FT. LENGTH. 250 FT. ADIT IN DIKE ROCK. STOPES. CROSSCUTS. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS MILLSITE.
Comment (Geology): AVERILL (1931) DESCRIBES STRINGERS & VEINS AS FOLLOWING LAMPROPHYRE DIKES THAT HAVE INTRUDED GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): INCL. GOOD ENOUGH & INSURANCE CLAIMS. 220 ACRES WORKED PRIOR TO 1901 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN(S), 12-22 IN. THICK BOTH WALLS GRANODIORITE. LOW-GRADE VALUES ALSO OCCUR IN DIKE. CARRIES ABOUT 4% SULFIDES.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 151
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 278
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 31-32
Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 394, 403, 408
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