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Burner Mines

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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 10035869
MRDS ID M023804
Record type Site
Current site name Burner Mines
Related records 10141797

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78444, 41.11456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1.4 MI. SSW BILLYS PEAK 1 MI. N. GOLDEN JUBILEE MINE

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)

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 038N 008W 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2. LOC. EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REF. UNCERTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
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) -122.78444, 41.11456
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE AT BY BASIN DIKES. SERPENTINE CONTACT FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM VEINS

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 PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. SOME ORE SACKED AUG. $300/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS OLD TUNNELS AND SHAFTS

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. 31-32

  • Production

    MACDONALD (1912)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS WITH POCKETS AT FISSURE AND DIKE INTESECTIONS
Deposit 4 CLAIMS ; 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

Beyond USGS

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