The Eliza is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.76389, -122.78583
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Eliza MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Eliza
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Humbug
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: RIBBON
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED ABOUT 710 TONS OF GOLD ORE CONTAINING RECOV. PB, AG. STOPED PORTION ABOVE NO. 4 LEVEL SAID TO HAVE YIELDED $150000 BY AMALGAMATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 1-10 FT. THICK. BLACK FAULT GAUGE ON BOTH WALLS. LAMINATED AND STAINED BROWN/BLACK. MINOR CHANGES IN THICKNESS W/ MINOR FAULT OFFSETS. ORE IS ALL IN-PLACE FROM 5TH LEVEL TO 4TH.
Comment (Workings): 5 ADITS, LONGEST 1700 FT. NO. 5 DRIVEN S10W FOR 260 FT. SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. OF DRIFTS. ALL ORE ABOVE 4TH LEVEL HAS BEEN STOPED, EXCEPT A LENGTH ON STRIKE OF 180 FT. WHERE ORE WAS BASE. RAISES, CROSSCUTS, ETC. MAP OF WORKINGS IN AVERILL (1931).
Comment (Geology): LAMPROPHYRE DIKES INTRUDE GREENSTONE
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS. 85 ACRES. FIRST LOCATED IN 1865. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 147
Reference (Deposit): LAIZURE, C. MCK., 1935, MINING ACTIVITY IN THE SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 1, P. 280
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C. A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 439
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD & ZINC IN CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, P 702.
Reference (Deposit): 5) OBRIEN, J. C., 1947, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU CO., CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 43, P. 443-4.
Reference (Deposit): 6) AVERILL, C. V., 1931, REDDING FIELD DIV., CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 32-34
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964)
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