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Emmet Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Arsenic
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035917
MRDS ID M023870
Record type Site
Current site name Emmet Mine
Alternate or previous names Venecia Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.75582, 40.73874 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 1 3/4 MI. NW DEADWOOD

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 033N 008W 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST S 1/2. LOCATION EST. FROM DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCE HIGHLY UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 75 NW

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 workings information

  • SEVERAL CROSSCUT ADITS, LONGEST 187 FT. LATER DRIFT STARTED 230 FT. BELOW OTHER WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 444

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4 FT. THICK
Deposit MINE POSSIBLY BECAME PART OF LATER VENECIA MINE HOLDINGS. ; 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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