Cherry Hill

The Cherry Hill is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,003 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cherry Hill

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Deadwood District

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.
Administrative Organization: In Klamath National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: F. G. And C. V. Reichman
Years: 1947 -

Owner Name: G. A. Reichman
Years: 1947 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

Orebody

Form: PINCH-SWELL, STRINGERS, SEAMS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Faults Striking N65w, Dipping 60ne

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification, Pyritization

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SULFIDE CONCENTRATES ASSAYED ABOUT 20 OZ/TON AU
Analytical Data: QUARTZ REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 2.5 OZ/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE IS SILICIFIED, SOME CONTAINING INCLUSIONS OF RED JASPER OR CHERT. HOST ROCKS ARE WITHIN THE WESTERN PALEOZOIC AND TRIASSIC BELT OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS

Comment (Location): ONE REFERENCE GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 25; IT IS PRESUMED TO BE INCORRECT. ADJOINS MT. VERNON MINE ON WEST

Comment (Development): SUBLEASED TO CRYSTAL CREEK MINING CO., REDDING, IN 1944

Comment (Deposit): VEINS ON IRONSIDE CLAIM, 2-20 IN. THICK, OFFSET 8-25 FT AT INTERVALS BY FAULTS STRIKING N65W, DIPPING 60N. ANOTHER VEIN, 6 IN. THICK; IN PLACES, VEIN CONSISTS OF AN INCH OF GOUGE, THEN QUARTZ WIDENS TO 14 IN. AND BECOMES BANDED, WITH BANDS 1/4 IN. THICK, SEPARATED BY DARK LINES, EACH OF WHICH POSSIBLY REPRESENTS RE-OPENING OF FISSURE. THIS VEIN HAS GRANODIORITE HANGING WALL, WHICH BECOMES A DIKE 100 FT. THICK NEAR SURFACE. MOST OF VEIN IS 6-18 IN. THICK WITH CRUSHED QUARTZ HEAVILY STAINED WITH FE AND MN OXIDES. QUARTZ IS MILKY WITH A FEW SMALL OPEN VUGS AND MAY CONTAIN FRAGMENTS OF COUNTRY ROCK. SULFIDES ARE GENERALLY NOT PLENTIFUL

Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS, LONGEST 450 FT, AND 1800 FT TUNNEL. STOPED 80-100 FT TO SURFACE FOR LENGTH OF 300 FT. DRIFTS ON NO. 4 LEVEL AND AT BOTTOM OF 25 FT WINZE. WADSWORTH ADIT, 75 FT LOWER, EXTENDED S15W TO 200 FT, CROSSCUT WEST TO 6 IN. THICK VEIN.

Comment (Deposit): 14 LODE AND 2 PLACER CLAIMS

References

Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J. C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 431, PL. 42.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 135.

Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, D.L., AND SAUCEDO, G.J., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEED QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA, 1:250,000: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY REGIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP SERIES NO. 4, SCALE 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MCCULLOCK, W.C., OESTERLING, W.A., SPURCK, W.H., AND TISCHLER, M.S., EDS., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF 1955-1961: SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, V. 2, P. 148-149.

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SISKIYOU COUNTY: TWENTY-FIRST REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 436.

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: TWENTY-SEVENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES, P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 276, PL. 4.

Reference (Deposit): HOTZ, P.E., 1971, GEOLOGY OF LODE GOLD DISTRICTS IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1290, P. 55-56.

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