Patillo Property

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. 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 10103428
MRDS ID M023849
Record type Site
Current site name Patillo Property
Alternate or previous names Paul Patillo Prospect
Related records 10165759

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.00194, 40.80124 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 0.3 MI. NE OF WEAVER BALLY LOOKOUT POINT, HIGH ON SLOPE OF WEAVER BALLY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dedrick(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 034N 010W 16 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP-RANGE. PROJECTED LOC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINELY-DIVIDED FREE GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.00194, 40.80124

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N75E
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1898

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • NEW WORKINGS INCLUDE 228 FT. ADIT, WHICH INCLUDES 114 FT. OF DRIFTING GIVING BACKS OF 120 FT. MEASURED ON DIP OF VEIN. VEIN STOPED OUT TO SURFACE. 165 FT. CROSSCUT AND 48 FT OF DRIFTS 120 FT. LOWER.

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. 53.

  • Deposit

    MCKLAZIURE, C., 1921, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 542.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 24.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    AVERILL (1941)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN(S). TRACED FOR LENGTH OF 1.5 MILES ALONG SURFACE. SAME VEIN AS THAT WHICH OCCURS ON ADJOINING MECKEL-FIELDS PROPERTY. LOCALLY, VEINS 4-18 IN. THICK.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS, MONTEZUMA, SNOW SHOE AND SAN MIGUEL. 60 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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