USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Siskiyou County
Porphyry Dike
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Siskiyou
- Mining district
- East Fork
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Au mine located 1.6 km (5,200 feet) SE of Schneider Hill (coordinates of record) near Callahan, along the East Fork Salmon River. Mineralization is hosted in serpentinite, diabase and slate.
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 3 shaft symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Quartz
- Gold
- Native Gold
- Petzite
- Porphyry
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (3)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 94941
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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