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May Blossom Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035891
MRDS ID M023837
Record type Site
Current site name May Blossom Mine
Related records 10263423

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.77389, 40.79902 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 0.5 MI. W. TRINITY DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trinity Dam(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

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 034N 008W 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4. LOCATION APPEARS UNCERTAIN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURED IN FREE STATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.77389, 40.79902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 80

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Minersville

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT CUTS VEIN AT DEPTH OF 55 FT. 10 FT. DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCKLAZIURE, C., 1921, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 540-541

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN, AVG. 6 IN. THICK. TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 100 FT.
Deposit 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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