The New York is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.68778, -122.84972
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New York MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New York
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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
Type: Underground
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: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GREENSTONE PROBABLY COPLEY META-ANDESITE. FAULT DISPLACES NORTH SEGMENT OF VEIN 40 FT. EAST.
Comment (Deposit): 109 ACRES. PATENTED. FIRST WORKED IN 1856. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC S 1/2 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): MONTHLY PRODUCTION AT ONE TIME WAS FROM $6,000-$10,000. ORE WAS HAULED TO GOLDEN EAGLE MILL, ABOUT 1 MI. DISTANT.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN. VARIABLE DIP TO EAST AVG. 85 DEG. BANDED WHITE QTZ. NUMEROUS PARALLEL VEINS & SEAMS WORKED. WITH PAY ORE AVG. 2 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Workings): INCLINE, CROSSCUT ABOVE 400 FT. LEVEL. ON 400 FT. LEVEL DRIFT DRIVEN 650 FT. NORTH OF SHAFT. CROSSES FAULT 300 FT. SOUTH OF FACE. STOPE IN NORTH SEGMENT OF VEIN, 114 FT. LONG, 20 FT. HIGH AND 3 FT. WIDE. OTHER WORKINGS SOUTH OF 400 FT. LEVEL ENCOUNTERED FAULTING, BUT NO ORE SHOOT. DRIFT ON 300 FT. LEVEL TO NORTH; ON SOUTH END A RAISE DRIVEN FOR SECOND EXIT & TO CONNECT WITH 100 FT. LEVEL. INCLINE FROM 100 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 143
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1935, MINES & MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 31, P. 301-302
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 452
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