The Hickey is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.25667, -123.08833
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Hickey MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hickey
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS MADE SOME TIME PRIOR TO 1935 EST. $3.37/TON IN AU W/$20.67/OZ. PRICE.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NETWORK OF STRINGERS, EACH ABOUT 1 IN. THICK, IN LOOSE DISINTEGRATED MASS OF QUARTZ FRAGMENTS MIXED W/CLAY TO DEPTH OF AT LEAST 100 FT. ORE OCCURS IN BUNCHES, SOMETIMES WORTH $200/TON (1925).
Comment (Workings): ADITS, LONGEST 400 FT. MILLSITE.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND IS UNSURVEYED
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEAR(S) EST. FROM REFERENCES. 75 TONS OF ORE YIELDED $35/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFO. FOUND.
Comment (Geology): DECOMPOSED HOST ROCK FM.
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS. ACCORDING TO AVERILL (1935) A 2500 WORD REPORT ON THIS PROPERTY BY L. DUBOIS IS ON FILE AT THE REDDING OFFICE OF THE CALIF. DIV. OF MINES. ; 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. 287-8, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 443
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
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