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Lost Horse

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035836
MRDS ID M023756
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Horse
Alternate or previous names Peterson, Ruggles
Related records 10141232

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.67694, 41.09512 (WGS84)
Elevation 927
Relative position 2 MI. NE CARVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity 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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 007W 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 SE 1/4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES FROM WINZE ASSAYED $100 AND $88.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.67694, 41.09512
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15W
    Dip 70 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • ANDESTIC OR RHYOLITIC DIKES OBSERVED IN ADIT ON SE SIDE OF RIDGE DESCRIBED AS FINE-GRAINED, DECOMPOSED AND STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF RIDGE BETWEEN SCORPIAN CREEK AND SMALL TRIBUTARY. ADIT, 50 FT. WINZE ON VEIN TO NW SIDE OF RIDGE. ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF RIDGE, ADIT SEVERAL HUNDRED FT. LONG. OLD MILLSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 43-44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT. THICK OF FRACTURED, IRON-STAINED QUARTZ ON NW SIDE OF RIDGE. ON SE SIDE, A QUARTZ-STRINGER ZONE.

Reporter information

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

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