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Poeth Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10103410
MRDS ID M023792
Record type Site
Current site name Poeth Mine
Alternate or previous names Wagner Mine, Burner Mine, Liberty

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.78667, 41.1029 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position JUST S. OF COFFEE CREEK GUARD STA. ON SOUTH BANK OF COFFEE CK N. OF GOLDEN JUBILEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ycatapom Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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 037N 008W 04 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LOCATION TAKEN FROM PROXIMITY TO GOLDEN JUBILEE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD AND IN TELLURIDE FORM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.78667, 41.1029
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE INTRUDED BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. AU: AG ABOUT 2:3. CON. WERE HIGH ENOUGH IN GRADE TO BRING GOOD PROFIT. SHIPMENT OF 5 TONS OF CAREFULLY SELECTED ORE SAID TO HAVE AVG. INTO THE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS PER TON. SECOND SHIPMENT OF 6 TONS BROUGHT, WITHOUT SORTING, $21/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 145 FT. SHAFT, 40 FT. OF DRIFTS, 180 FT. OF DIAMOND DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 22

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 707

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, CALIF: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 31

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) MACDONALD (1912)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEIN(S), 20 IN. THICK, 175 FT. APART. SHEARED. ORE SHOOTS TO SEVERAL FT. IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 6 CLAIMS ; 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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