The Jessops Gulch is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,139 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: 2,139 Feet (652 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.29694, -123.13111
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Jessops Gulch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jessops Gulch
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iridium
Secondary: Osmium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Salmon River Area
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1855
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
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. ON NORTH FORK SALMON RIVER AT MOUTH OF JESSUP'S GULCH
Comment (Production): 0.5 OZ PT PRODUCED IN ONE YEAR (LOGAN)
Comment (Deposit): BENCH GRAVELS
Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC
Comment (Location): PART OF PLACER AREA MAY LIE WITHIN CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST. ON OROFINO RIVER AND TRIBUATRIES. LOCATION GIVEN IS OROFINO CREEK AT PIERCE INFO FROM LAND.ST :01, 41
Comment (Geology): AREA IS ON THE EAST EDGE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALTS. BEDROCK IS MOSTLY OF IDAHO BATHOLITH WITH SOME METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS FINE GRAINED AND LOW IN VALUE
Comment (Production): AN ESTIMATED $5-10 MILLION WAS PRODUCED, MOSTLY BEFORE 1875.
Comment (Development): FIRST GOLD DISCOVERY IN IDAHO. DISTRICT ACTIVE AT LEAST UNTIL 1930
Comment (Deposit): MOST OF THE GOLD IS CLOSE TO BEDROCK. TERRACE AND BENCH GRAVELS TO 500 FT ABOVE CURRENT STREAM LEVEL WERE ALSO MINED. LODE MINES ARE ALSO PRESENT IN DISTRICT
Comment (Workings): SLUICING, HYDRAULICKING, AND DREDGING
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 80-82.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.
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