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Ralston Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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 10035851
MRDS ID M023778
Record type Site
Current site name Ralston Mine
Alternate or previous names Ralston Group
Related records 10166226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.0075, 40.86845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 1.5 MI. E. DEDRICK SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dedrick(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(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)

Trinity Alps Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 035N 010W 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. REF. INCORRECTLY LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 32. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 5% OF PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.0075, 40.86845
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Canyon Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SHIPMENT OF 7.5 TONS OF HAND-PICKED ORE WAS SORTED FROM 80 TONS OF RUN-OF-MINE ORE, AND SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTER, WHICH GAVE NET RETURNS OF $2,330. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISE OF 100 FT. 4 ADITS 50-385 FT. LONG. 1 STOPE (60 FT. BY 3 FT. BY 80 FT.)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 55.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SISKIYOU, SHASTA AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 897.

  • Production

    AVERILL (1941)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18 IN.-2 FT. THICK ORE SHOOT 200 FT. LONG
Deposit 6 CLAIMS. 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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