Siskiyou County California Gold Production - Western Mining …
Gold production of Siskiyou County from 1880 through 1959 was 1,773,000 ounces. The east half of the county is underlain by Quaternary volcanic rocks, Pleistocene lake beds, Recent alluvium, and scattered patches of marine sandstone of the Upper Cretaceous Chico Formation.
ANCIENT RIVERS OF GOLD - GoldMaps.com
The Tertiary American River follows a more or less east to west course from south of Lake Tahoe to the town of Roseville northeast of Sacramento and Carmichael. It crosses California State Highway 49 a couple of miles south of gold-rich Placerville.
Tertiary Channels of Ca map | TreasureNet The Original Treasure ...
Apr 3, 2013 · Probably the best tertiary mapping available for the area is the limited area report by Deb K. Chandra in 1961. You will find that report in the California Division of Mines, California Special Report 67 - Geology and Mineral Deposits of …
Finding Gold on the Klamath River and its Tributaries
Apr 17, 2017 · Not long after the discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, miners began finding gold farther north in what later became Shasta, Trinity, and Siskiyou Counties. The richest of these discoveries in this region was along the Klamath River.
Siskiyou County - Quarries and Beyond
Description of Streams (in Siskiyou County) Klamath River. "This river and its tributaries have been important agents in the distribution of placer gold throughout the country (see photo No. 1).
These old river channels, such as the Tertiary Yuba River or the Tertiary American River (Fig. 2), are named after the modern streams that reach the Great Valley at the approximate points where the prevolcanic paleovalleys reached the sea (Bateman and Wahrhaftig, 1966, p. 134).
California Mining Documents | Tertiary Gravels
This document presents the basic mining history of California's Tertiary Gravels. Mining Districts and Production are discussed and a basic map showing the Tertiary Channels and the principal gold bearing deposits is presented.
Salmon River District – Western Mining History
The Salmon River drains the Salmon Mountains, which are in the central portion of the Klamath Mountains province in Siskiyou County. This river is not as long as the Klamath or Trinity Rivers, but it flows through several rich and famous placer-mining districts.
OLD DIGGINS SATELLITE 1 - THE CLAIM POST
The Ancient River Channel runs right through this gold property. The Ancient Rivers of Gold in northern California are from the Tertiary Period. The tertiary rivers existed millions of years ago and many of them had large quantities of gold within their gravels.
Gold Mining & Mining Claims Siskiyou County - WorthPoint
California Two Pages of Mines 1942 Maps With 162 Mines Located in Siskiyou County. Western Siskiyou Map is 22-1/2" x 25-1/2" and Eastern Siskiyou Map is 14" x 22". Mines Are Listed On Right Side of Western Map and Are Numbered.
- Some results have been removed