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Laurel

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035877
MRDS ID M023816
Record type Site
Current site name Laurel
Alternate or previous names Phillips, Hensley
Related records 10238358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85333, 40.62541 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 2 MI. W. MIKES PEAK ON SPRING GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lewiston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032N 009W 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85333, 40.62541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS
    Strike NW
    Dip 90
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK CUT IN PLACES BY 'LIMESTONE DIKES'

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1886

Mining district

District name Indian Creek

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. WAS AN EST. 1600 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $45/TON, BLOCKED OUT.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF ADITS, HIGHEST 53 FT. BELOW OUTCROP OR 222 FT. ABOVE LEVEL OF CREEK, IS 160 FT. LONG. 57 FT. BELOW, NEXT ADIT 130 FT. LONG. THIRD ADIT, 100 FT. LOWER, IS 250 FT. LONG. LOWEST ADIT 20 FT. ABOVE CREEK, AND AT DISTANCES OF 67 FT. AND 122 FT. FROM PORTAL, 2 RAISES DRIVEN TO LEVEL ABOVE. SOME WORK DONE ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF CREEK ALSO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 894

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 44

  • Deposit

    MCKLAZIURE, C., 1921, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 541-542

  • Production

    MCK. LAZIURE (1921)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS, AVG. 18 IN. THICK CONTAINS BOTH FREE AND BASE ORE. CLAIMS COVER LODE FOR 4500 FT. PRINCIPAL VEIN TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 500 FT.
Deposit 20 ACRES. 3 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

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