The Nebraska is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,201 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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.84972, -122.57472
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Nebraska MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nebraska
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
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
Form: RIBBON
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLING WAS DONE AROUND 1935 TO DETERMINE IF DEPOSIT CONTAINED ENOUGH GOLD FOR PROFITABLE MINING. RESULTS WERE NOT CONCLUSIVE.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 65 FT. SHAFT, 300 FT. ADIT, 250 FT. DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): DIKE INTRUDES GRAPHITIC SCHIST
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES LOTS 2 AND 3. 122 ACRES. PATENTED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): ORE CRUSHED IN ARRASTRA. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CRUSHING OF ORE COST $2/TON
Comment (Deposit): DIKE, 50 FT. THICK, WITH VEINLETS 1-2 IN. THICK. WHERE VEINS COME IN CONTACT WITH SCHIST WALLROCK, GOOD ORE POCKET LIKELY TO BE FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): COOPER, A.S., 1900, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, COUNTY OF SISKIYOU, CALIF: CALIF. STATE MINING BUREAU
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. 300, PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 417
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