The Callahan is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.31278, -122.80056
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Callahan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Callahan
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Callahan (Scott River) District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATE YIELDED $213.11/TON (10.31 OZ/TON, 350 PPM) AU, $5.40/TON (0.18 OZ/TON, 620 PPB) PT, CONCENTRATION UNKNOWN
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): UNVERIFIED SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION
Comment (Location): MAIN DREDGING AREA EXTENDS FROM CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH AND EAST FORKS SCOTT RIVER AT CALLAHAN 5 MI NORTH ALONG SCOTT RIVER. AREAS ALONG THE TWO FORKS WERE ALSO MINED SEVERAL MILES FROM CALLAHAN (SEE TAILINGS AREAS ON TOPO MAPS). LOCATION GIVEN IS CONFLUENCE OF SOUTH AND EAST FORKS SCOTT RIVER.
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC AND DREDGING
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PALTINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 37.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 134.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T., AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1188-1189.
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