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Calmich 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. 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 10035912
MRDS ID M023865
Record type Site
Current site name Calmich Mine
Alternate or previous names Lappin, Lapman
Related records 10214820

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.7311, 40.71707 (WGS84)
Elevation 899
Relative position JUST EAST OF DEADWOOD SITE, ON THORNE GULCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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 033N 008W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. LOC. PROJECTED

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.7311, 40.71707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip N
    Plunge direction E
    Thickness 0.25M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deadwood

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS TREATED BY AMALGAMATION AND RECOVERY STATED TO BE $60/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. INCLINE SHAFT SUNK ON IRREGULAR SHOOT FROM UPPER TUNNEL LEVEL; 15 FT. CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM. OLDER WORKINGS EXPOSED SHOOT GIVING 200 FT. OF BACKS. OTHER ADITS, DRIFTS.

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. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SHOOTS. ONE WORKED IN OLDER OPERATIONS 90 FT. LONG, 6 IN. THICK. ANOTHER WORKED BY MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT, 30 FT. LONG.
Deposit 4 PATENTED CLAIMS. 60 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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