Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeSTREAM PLACER
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlRIVER BEDS
Geology
StructureKLAMATH MOUNTAINS: FOLDED AND FAULTED ORDOVICIAN TO JURASSIC METAMORPHIC ROCKS, DISPLACED EXTENSION OF THE SIERRA NEVADA RANGE, WITH TIGHT ISOCLINAL FOLDING AND INTRUSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEVADAN OROGENY. CENOZOIC NORMAL AND HIGH ANGLE REVERSE FAULTS.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID60001028
MRDS IDMP90018
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates41.46174, -122.63501
References
TOM FERRERO, 1990, THE LIBERTY GOLD MINING DISTRICT, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 43, NO. 6, P. 123-133.KOSCHMANN, A.H., AND BERGENDAHL, M.H., 1968, PRINCIPAL GOLD-PRODUCING DISTRICTS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 610, 283 P.TOOKER, E.W., AND VERCOUTERE, T.L., 1986, GOLD IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, PERSPECTIVE OF 1986--PRELIMINARY MAP OF SELECTED GEOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND GEOLOGIC ATTRIBUTES OF PRODUCTIVE (>10,000 OZ) GOLD DISTRICTS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-209, 32 P.