The Hazel 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: 41.88417, -122.58444
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Hazel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hazel
Secondary: Jilson
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Cotton Wood
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS EST. FROM REF.
Comment (Geology): BASAL CONGLOMERATE OF CHICO FM. OUTCROPS 0.5 MI E. OF MINE. WEST OF WORKINGS IS OUTCROP OF GRAY & WHITE CHERT (LOGAN (1925) AND OTHERS), INDICATE HOST ROCK IS SLATE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC E 1/2 NW 1/4 31
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS, UP TO 3 FT. THICK. FAULTED IN PLACES. ORESHOOT IS 150 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): DUMPS, SEVERAL RUINS, OLD MILL. SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKING, INCL. 5 ADITS, LONGEST 1500 FT. DRIFTS, STOPES
Comment (Deposit): 80 ACRES PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 442
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 286
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 152
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 833-834
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