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Trail Creek

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035521
MRDS ID M023336
Record type Site
Current site name Trail Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96584, 41.25345 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Relative position 0.5 MI. SSE SIPHON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eaton Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 039N 010W 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96584, 41.25345
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salmon River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1912, PRODUCTION RUN WAS 70 DAYS. NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 850 FT. ADIT, SEVERAL SMALL DRIFTS, 200 FT. LONG STOPE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 841

  • Production

    BROWN (1914)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FISSURE VEIN. ORE SHOOT 300 FT. LONG, 2 FT. THICK. BEST PROSPECT IN DISTRICT
Deposit 100 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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