Jessops Gulch

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

Name: Jessops Gulch  

State:  California

County:  Siskiyou

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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