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Quimby

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103403
MRDS ID M023769
Record type Site
Current site name Quimby
Related records 10117570

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.34695, 40.99151 (WGS84)
Elevation 649
Relative position 4 MI. NNE BEAR TOOTH MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jim Jam Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 007E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.34695, 40.99151
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902

Mining district

District name New River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS BASE TO SOME EXTENT, SO THAT ONLY 50% EXTRACTION WAS ATTAINED BY DIRECT AMALGAMATION.

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. ADIT ON VEINS, ALL IN ORE. 2 CROSSCUT TUNNELS, UPPER 125 FT. AND LOWER 400 FT. LONG WITH 122 FT. RAISE BETWEEN THEM 150 FT. OF 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. 896-897

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 160 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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