1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mekel-Fields Property

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086647
MRDS ID X025898
Record type Site
Current site name Mekel-Fields Property
Related records 10190192

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99528, 40.80763 (WGS84)
Elevation 1935
Relative position 2 MI. SW MONUMENT PEAK ON S. SLOPE WEAVER BALLY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rush Creek Lakes(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)

Trinity Alps 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 034N 010W 15,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 15. MORE THAN 1 LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PANNED WELL IN FINE, FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE ASSAYED $37/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99528, 40.80763
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

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 production information

  • BEST PRODUCTION SAID TO BE NEAR PORTAL, WHERE $2500 WAS EXTRACTED FROM HOLE 2 FT. DEEP ON VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • RAISE FROM 230 FT. ADIT LEVEL; SHALLOW PITS. LOWEST ADIT LEVEL FOLLOWS VEIN VEIN N75E. 3 OTHER ADITS 50 FT. BELOW LATTER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 48

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 132

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE, QUADRANGLES: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 24-25

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 19-20

  • Production

    LOGAN (1926)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS 18 IN. THICK. VERTICAL TO STEEPLY DIPPING. LENSES TO 35 FT. IN LENGTH. SAID TO BE TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS, LONE STAR, KLONDIKE AND GENERAL LEE ; 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.