The Big Cliff is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,600 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: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.29333, -123.03333
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Big Cliff MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Cliff
Secondary: Winterings
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): YEARS EST. FROM REFERENCE: NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WERE MILLED. WAS THOUGHT THAT A LARGE ENOUGH TONNAGE OF ORE COULD BE DEVELOPED TO PAY FOR WORKING ON LARGE SCALE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN (S)
Comment (Workings): 2000 FT. OF TUNNELS
Comment (Deposit): 12 UNPATENTED CLAIMS 240 ACRES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): CARRIES MOSTLY LOW-GRADE VALUES IN AU
References
Reference (Production): BROWN (1914) AVERILL (1935)
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.274
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