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Marcellus Group

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 10103412
MRDS ID M023798
Record type Site
Current site name Marcellus Group
Related records 10214851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.89167, 41.10762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2 MI. NNW BATTLE MTN., ON UNION CK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Lake(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)

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 038N 009W 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 32 LOC. AS DESCRIBED IN REF. WAS MORE LIKELY ALONG UNION CREEK IN SEC. 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURED IN FREE STATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.89167, 41.10762
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 90
    Thickness 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • MICA SCHIST CONTAINS SMALL LENSES OF GRAY LIMESTONE

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

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. CAREFULLY SELECTED ORE WAS TREATED IN A W.W. GIBSON ELLIPITAL ROLL MILL

Comments on the workings information

  • 120 FT. ADIT ALONG CONTACT ON WEST SIDE OF DIKES IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION.

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. 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINLETS, FRACTION OF AN INCH TO SEVERAL INCHES THICK, RUN FROM WEST CONTACT OF 3 PARALLEL DIKES AND SCHIST IN EASTERLY DIRECTION INTO DIKES. CONTACT MARKED BY SCHIST-FILLED GOUGE MATERIAL. EACH DIKE APPROX. 25 FT. THICK.
Deposit 5 UNPATENTED 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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