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Mueller 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. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103414
MRDS ID M023805
Record type Site
Current site name Mueller Mine
Alternate or previous names Layman, Horseshoe
Related records 10214658

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.12055, 40.51791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1082
Relative position 2.3 MI. SE HAYFORK LANDING FIELD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hayfork Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 031N 011W 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. 2 LOCATIONS. UTM TAKEN FOR MUELLER CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result $7/TON IN GOLD. AMOUNTED TO 1/3 OF ORE. BALANCE WAS IN SULFIDES FREE GOLD IN SMALLER VEIN TO SE FROM $30-$50/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.12055, 40.51791
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW, TO E-W
    Dip 46 NE, TO 70S
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone?

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hayfork

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. MOST OF ORE WAS MILLED AND TREATED BY AMALGAMATION

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT LEVEL ON GOLD HILL CLAIM, 400 FT. LONG, 320 FT. ON VEIN; 2 RAISES TO SURFACE., LARGEST 140 FT. ON DIP OF VEIN. ON VEIN TO SE, ADIT STRIKES CROSSCUT VEIN APPROX. 50 FT. BELOW SURFACE, 50 FT. OF DRIFTING. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF ADITS DRIVEN ON SIMILAR CROSS-VEINS ON SOUTHERLY END OF PROPERTY. MILLSITE.

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. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1922, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 18, P. 600

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES GOLD HILL, GOLD HILL NO. 1, OVERSIGHT FRACTION, BLACK BESS, BLACK BESS EXTENSION, SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE EXTENSION AND RED BOY. UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SURVEYED, 15 ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit FISSURE VEINS WITH GOUGE FILLING OF CRUSHED QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK. VEIN IN MAIN ADIT LEVEL AVG. 4 FT. THICK. SHOOT OF BETTER THAN AVERAGE ORE OCCURED IN 140 FT. RAISE. CROSS VEIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE TO SE. CONTAINS STRANDS OF QUARTZ UP TO 16 IN. THICK.

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.

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