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Chanchelulla Prospect

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035920
MRDS ID M023873
Record type Site
Current site name Chanchelulla Prospect
Related records 10165992

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.94583, 40.48485 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3/4 MI. NW DEER LICK SPRINGS ALONG STEEP JEEP TRAIL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chanchelulla Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(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)

Chanchelulla 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 030N 010W 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS FROM SHAFT VEIN WERE $16-$20/TON. IN GOLD AND A FEW OZ. SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.94583, 40.48485
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 47SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITIC BRECCIA CONTAINS QUARTZ FRAGMENTS TO 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND 50 FT. ADIT. 10 CUTS EXPOSE VEIN AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG 4 CLAIMS; THEY ARE FROM 1-10 FT. DEEP. ADIT REACHES DEPTH OF 50 FT. ON VEIN. INCLINE 17 FT. DEEP OPENS SHAFT VEIN 75-100 FT. NE OF WORKINGS ON MAIN VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 18

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3-4 FT. THICK. TRACED FOR LENGTH OF 6000 FT. ANOTHER VEIN, THE SHAFT VEIN, 1 FT. THICK.
Deposit GROUP OF 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND MILLSITE ; 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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