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Carr's Iron-Capped Dike

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 10035843
MRDS ID M023766
Record type Site
Current site name Carr's Iron-Capped Dike
Related records 10190177

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.70583, 41.06567 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position FEW HUNDRED YARDS W. OF CARR'S HOTEL AT CARRVILLE

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 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 17. LOCATION TAKEN FROM REF. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.70583, 41.06567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 45NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • POST-MINERAL SHEARS, MANY OF WHICH TREND N40W, DIP STEEPLY WEST,AND CONTAIN IRON OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED IN HOPE THAT LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE MIGHT BE DEVELOPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 30

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 24-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED DIKE. FINE GRAINED, GREENISH META-BASALT. STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES. TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 1 MILE. AVG. 60 FT. THICK.

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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