The Dewey is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,200 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.42944, -122.58000
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Dewey MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dewey
Secondary: Dewey Gold Mines Trust
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 3 FT. THICK - ORE IS OXIDIZED IN UPPER LEVELS DECREASING W/DEPTH
Comment (Workings): 400 FT. SHAFT, 920 FT. ADIT AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES. MILLSITE, SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DIAMOND DRILLING DONE TO PROSPECT WALLS OF VEIN FOR PARALLEL VEINS. RESULTS STATED TO HAVE BEEN GOOD
Comment (Deposit): NO ACRES. PATENTED. DISCOVERED IN EARLY 1880'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDE ORE OF GOOD GRADE WAS KNOWN TO EXIST AT BOTTOM OF WINZE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC NW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): AU ORE PRODUCED IN 1917. PRODUCTION FROM OXIDIZED ORE ABOVE 100 AND 200 FT ADIT LEVELS. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964).
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 139
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. 279, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 438
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 831
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935) BROWN (1914)
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