The Schroeder is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.75111, -122.80583
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Schroeder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Schroeder
Secondary: Schroeder and Warner
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Deadwood
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
Type: L
Description: West Drift Crosses Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $40/TON IN FACE OF EAST 100 FT. ADIT OR 1.14 OZ. AU. ORE FROM SHATTERED, IRON-STAINED QTZ. ASSAYED $8.80/TON IN FREE GOLD.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 1600 FT. ADIT, 96 FT. WINZE. DRIFTS RUN 70 FT. EAST & 40 FT. WEST AT BOTTOM OF WINZE. MILL. 200 FT. OF DRIFTS ON EAST-WEST VEIN. 60 FT. LONG STOPE, 60 FT. HIGH AND 5 FT. WIDE. OTHER ADITS. IRELAN (1888) GIVES WORKS FOR EACH SPECIFIC CLAIM UP TO THAT YEAR.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 NE 1/4 18
Comment (Production): MOST PRODUCTIVE LEVELS AT 300 FT DEPTH. ORE MILLED BY AMALGAMATION. A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU WAS PRODUCED IN 1927. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 5 VEIN(S), 6-10 IN TO 7-8 FT. THICK. COULD BE FAULTED SEGMENTS OF 1 VEIN SHATTERED QUARTZ HEAVILY STAINED BY IRON OXIDES. IRELAN (1888) GIVES THICKNESS OF VEINS, LENGTHS OF ORE SHOOTS ON EACH CLAIM.
Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE HIGHLY ALTERED. DIORITIC INTRUSION OBSERVED AT A POINT HIGHER ON THE MTN. COMPLEX GEOLOGY.
Comment (Commodity): GOLD SAID TO BE 85% FREE. MOUNTAIN BOY VEIN FURNISHED CONSIDERABLE NUGGET GOLD.
References
Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 448 PL. 42
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. 307-8 PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27 P. 53
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 424-425
Reference (Deposit): 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 148
Reference (Deposit): 6) IRELAN, J., 1888, SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 8 P. 626-627
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1931)
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