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Liberty

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035858
MRDS ID M023788
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty
Related records 10117408

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78472, 41.10123 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 0.5 MI. W. COFFEE CREEK RANCH. ADJOINS GOLDEN JUBILEE, ALONG BOULDER CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ycatapom Peak(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 008W 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GAVE HIGH ASSAYS. GOLD IN TELLURIDE FORM

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 Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78472, 41.10123
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Economic information

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 production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. HIGH GRADE ORE WORTH $7,000 SAID TO HAVE BEEN SORTED AND SHIPPED. SOME ORE REMAINED ON DUMP, BUT WAS THOUGHT NOT TO BE HIGH-GRADE ENOUGH TO PAY COST OF HAULING, SHIPMENT AND SMELTER TREATMENT, WHICH WAS $25/TON OR MORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 145 FT. SHAFT, 30 FT. DRIFTS AND SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 23-24

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V2, P. 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, AVG. 20 IN. THICK, 175 FT. APART, S. VEIN AVG. 3 FT. THICK
Deposit 6 CLAIMS. SEE POETH, WAGNER & BURNER MINES ; 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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