The Morrison and Carlock is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.585, -122.94611
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Morrison and Carlock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morrison and Carlock
Secondary: Little Queen
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AT 50 FT. LEVEL OF INCLINE, FAULT DISPLACES FOOTWALL 72 FT. BELOW HANGING WALL. ACIDIC DIKE (NEAR SURFACE) AND GREENSTONE (SUBSURFACE), MARBLE.
Comment (Deposit): 60 ACRES. OPERATED BY NORTHERN CALIF. GOLD, INC. SINCE 1933. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2
Comment (Production): ACIDIC DIKE STATED TO HAVE YIELDED CONSIDERABLE ORE WHEN MINE WAS FIRST WORKED. PRIOR TO 1907 CREDITED W/$500,000 PRODUCTION. ORE IS FREE-MILLING. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FLAT NEAR SURFACE TO AVG. 26 DEG. DIP AT DEPTH. 14 IN. - 18 IN. THICK. QTZ. IS SMOKY, BRITTLE. ONE ORE SHOOT 160 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): 225 FT., 60 DEGREE INCLINE, AT BOTTOM, A CROSSCUT. 8 LEVELS; ANOTHER INCLINE FOLLOWS DIP OF VEIN 26 DEG., FOR 550 FT. 300 FT. OF DRIFTS. STOPES. HANGING WALL WASTE BROKEN FOR THICKNESS OF 3 FT. TO GIVE ROOM TO WORK, THEN QUARTZ WAS BROKEN SEPARATELY. MILLSITE
References
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. 323, 298-97, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIVISION: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY V. 27, P. 44-45
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 450.
Reference (Deposit): 5) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.2, P. 142
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 837
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