The Mount Vernon Mines, Inc. is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.72389, -122.74222
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Mount Vernon Mines, Inc. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Vernon Mines, Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Greenhorn
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
Form: RIBBON-LIKE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 16 IN. THICK VEINS AT 1200 FT. ASSAYED $30/TON IN GOLD
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $14/TON IN GOLD BETWEEN 39 AND 52 FT. DEPTH. 32 IN. THICK QTZ. VEINS ASSAYED $4/TON AT 5 FT. INTERVALS DOWN TO 1150 FT.
Analytical Data: 12 IN. THICK VEINS ASSAYED $9/TON IN GOLD AT 1250 FT. SOME GOLD REPORTED IN ALL BUT A FEW ASSAYS FROM 500 SAMPLES. STUDIES OF DIAMOND DRILL CORE SUGGEST THERE MAY BE WIDE ZONES OF LOW-GRADE ORE IN GREENSTONE. SOME CONC. ASSAYED AT $40-$80/TON.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS THIN SEAMS OF QTZ. VEINS TO 32 IN. THICK. STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): DIAMOND DRILL HOLES; ADITS ON NUMEROUS LEVELS W/ STOPES, DRIFTS, WINZES CROSSCUTS AND STOPES. DETAILS IN AVERILL (1935) SKETCH MAP IN
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED GREENSTONE OCCURS AT 900 FT. DEPTH. QUARTZ VEINS ARE FRACTURED & BROKEN, INDICATING FAULT MOVEMENT AFTER DEPOSITION. 20-30 FT. RHYOLITIC-DACITIC DIKE SOUTH OF MAIN WORKINGS INTRUDES GREENSTONE. SPECIMEN INDICATED SOME SERICITIC ALTERATION OF FELDSPAR. UNCERTAIN WHETHER GOLD ARE OBTAINED FROM THE DIKE.
Comment (Deposit): 70 ACRES. PATENTED, 40 ACRES UNPATENTED. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY. ACTIVE 1957 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN, J.C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 4, P. 445-6 PL. 42
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. 299-300
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 452
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 148
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27 P. 45-47
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935) AVERILL (1931)
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