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Salmon Summit 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. 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 10086648
MRDS ID X025899
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Summit Mine
Alternate or previous names Summit Mine
Related records 10238920

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.3678, 41.15484 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 0.5 MI. E. ROCK LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Youngs Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon(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
Humboldt 009N 007E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP-RANGE. PROJECTED

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

Analytical data

Result PICKED PIECE OF ORE FROM REDFIELD CLAIM SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED $120/TON IN GOLD. ORE FROM SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM SAID TO ASSAY $16/TON IN GOLD, PART OF WHICH IS IN THE SULFIDES.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.3678, 41.15484
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE, NE, E-W
    Dip 30 SE, TO 80 NW TO 90

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone On Redfield Claim

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK ON SALMON SUMMIT. CLAIM DESCRIBED AS FINE-GRAINED, BLACK SCHIST (FOOTWALL) AND DIORITE (HANGING WALL). A FEW FEET TO SOUTHWEST OF CROSSCUT, BOTH WALLS ARE DIORITE.

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

  • FROM SMALL CLAIM ADJOINING SALMON SUMMIT. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • REDFIELD CLAIM HAS 50 FT. ADIT. ON SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM, 50 FT. CROSSCUT WITH DRIFTS RUN BOTH WAYS TOTALING 300 FT. IN LENGTH. 70 FT. SHAFT, 45 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE. ON CLAIM ADJOINING SALMON SUMMIT THERE IS A 150 FT. DRIFT.

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. 55-56

  • Production

    AVERILL (1941)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS, REDFIELD AND SALMON SUMMIT. ANOTHER SMALLER CLAIM ADJOINS SALMON SUMMIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit REDFIELD CLAIM CONSISTS OF LENSES OF QUARTZ AND IRON SULFIDES. LENSES 6 IN. TO 6 FT. LONG. ON SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM, QUARTZ VEIN, 1 FT. THICK. ON SMALLER ADJOINING CLAIM THERE IS A 1 FT. VEIN IN DIORITE.

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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