The Cleaver is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.25528, -123.08361
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Cleaver MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleaver
Secondary: Brown Bear
Secondary: Golden and Eveleth
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
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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: GOLD IS 0.869 FINE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): EVELETH AND BROWN BEAR CLAIMS CREDITED WITH EST. PRODUCTION OF $40,000. CRYSTAL CLAIM WITH EST. $35,000 FROM BIG BUNCH OF QUARTZ, FROM WHICH SULFIDES ASSAYED WELL. PAID $8.10/TON IN FREE GOLD FROM MILLING. LAST PRODUCTION FROM MINE IN 1909. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ON UNSURVEYED LAND
Comment (Deposit): 140 ACRES. 7 UNPATENTED LOCATIONS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 4-STAMP MILL OPERATED AT ONE TIME, LOWEST ADIT, ON BROWN BEAR CLAIM, WAS OPEN 200 FT., 300 FT. BELOW SUMMIT. CROSSCUT AT 200 FT. POINT CROSSES MAXIUM THICKNESS OF VEIN. CROSSCUTS, STOPES AND NUMEROUS DRIFTS.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, IN PLACES QTZ. ENCLOSES BRECCIATED PIECES OF WALLROCK AND IS SUGARY IN TEXTURE. HANGING WALL BRECCIA, FOOTWALL IS DECOMPOSED PORPHYRY. ELSEWHERE, FOOTWALL IS BLACK SLATE, HANGING WALL PORPHYRY. ONE ORE SHOOT 70 FT. LONG, FT. THICK (AVG. $15/TON AU).
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 279
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. 316, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 436-437
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1925)
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