Morrison and Carlock

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

Name: Morrison and Carlock  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

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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