Mount Vernon Mines, Inc.

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

Name: Mount Vernon Mines, Inc.  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

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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