Klamath

The Klamath is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Klamath
Secondary: Norcal Mining Co.
Secondary: Security Group

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

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: BUNCHES, LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVG. TAILING LOSS EST. AT $1/TON IN FREE GOLD AND $0.80/TON CONC.

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Geology): DIP OF KLAMATH VEIN PARALLELS SCHISTOSITY.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4 9

Comment (Production): 1883 VALUES SUBSTANTIATED BY C.W. RAYMOND, WHO MADE NUMEROUS ASSAYS & MEASUREMENTS OF OLD STOPES IN 1906. LATER RECORDS ARE LESS EXACT AS THE KLAMATH & MT. LAUREL MINES WERE OPERATED JOINTLY BY SEVERAL COMPANIES & ORE WAS MILLED AT SAME MILL IN ROLLIN. REMAINS IN KLAMATH MINE SAID TO BE LOW-GRADE. VALUED AT $5-$12/TON IN GOLD; AVG. NEWR $12/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): VEINS, MAIN FISSURE CONNECTS CENTRAL, MT. LAUREL. STRONGEST VEINS IN DISTRICT HAVE POST-MINERAL GOUGES. SAID TO BE 2-3 FT. OF OVERLAPPING STRATA OF QUARTZ SEPARATED BY HORSES IN SOME OF OLD KALMATH WORKINGS. VEIN & ORE FROM 2-24 FT. THICK.

Comment (Workings): SELECTIVE MINING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING BODIES OF LOW-GRADE QUARTZ. NUMBER OF ADITS, STOPES FROM 50-400 FT. ON STRIKE

Comment (Deposit): 400 ACRES. PART OF A GROUP OF CLAIMS WHICH INCL. THE IDA MAY, FRANCIS BELL LUCKY STRIKE AND/OR UNION AND CENTRAL. ALL ARE WERE PART OF THE SECURITY GROUP AT THE TIME OF THE LATEST REFERENCE. SEE NORKAL MINING CO. FOR MORE DATA. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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. 324, PL. 4

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 448-449

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 410

Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)

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. 446 PL. 42

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