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R.A.M. and Little Alice

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10103424
MRDS ID M023836
Record type Site
Current site name R.A.M. and Little Alice
Alternate or previous names Little Annie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8325, 40.80124 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 1.6 MI. NW SUMMIT OF PETTIJOHN MTN. ON MONTGOMERY RIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trinity Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(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 034N 009W 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result AVG. SAMPLE TAKEN FROM DUMP MATERIAL ON LITTLE ALICE CLAIM, IN OPENING OF TUNNEL ASSAYED $12/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.8325, 40.80124
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BUNCHES
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK DESCRIBED AS DARK GRAY, FINE-GRAINED, BASIC APPEARING ROCK IN FRESH EXPOSURE. IT IS MOSTLY DECOMPOSED AND FRACTURES HEAVILY STAINED WITH REDDISH-BROWN IRON OXIDES.

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 workings information

  • ADIT ON LITTLE ALICE ON R.A.M. GROUP TO WEST, 40 FT. SURFACE CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 45-46

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY: NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 132

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON LITTLE ALICE CLAIM: SEAMS OF QUARTZ IN DIKE OF SOFT, YELLOW, DECOMPOSED ROCK, SHOWING WHITE FELDSPAR CRYSTAL REMONENTS SEAMS 1 IN. THICK. ON R.A.M. GROUP, BUNCHES AND SMALL LENSES OF QUARTZ IN 3 FT. THICKNESS OF RED-BROWN HEMATITE WITH YELLOW LIMONITE.
Deposit 2 GROUPS OF 4 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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