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Headlight

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Lead
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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 10106547
MRDS ID X025897
Record type Site
Current site name Headlight
Related records 10263488

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.70444, 41.05567 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 3/4 MI. S. CARRVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrville(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 007W 20,21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4 20 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED MUCH FREE GOLD & WAS IRON STAINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones

Comments on the geologic information

  • META-BASALTIC OR GREENSTONE DIKES INTRUDE DACITE PORPHYRY. BOTH CUT BY LATER LAMPROPHYRE OR VOGESITE DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • OXIDIZED ORE WAS TREATED BY CYANIDATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SOIL OVERBURDEN REMOVED BY HYDRAULICKING. SEVERAL ADITS, ONE 350 FT. LONG, OPEN CUTS, RAISES, DRIFTS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OPERATING COST WAS ABOUT $2.40/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 892-893

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 1, P. 43

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.22, NO. 1, P. 22-23

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530, P. 17-21

  • Production

    BROWN (1913)

  • Reserve-Resource

    LOGAN (1926)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOSSAN-CAPPED ORE BODY, LYING FLAT, COVERED 2 ACRES, 25-72 FT. THICK, AVG. 40 FT. BROWN (1913) AND MACDONALD (1912) PROVIDE SKETCH-MAPS OF DEPOSIT. ORE BEST MINERALIZED ALONG CONTACT WITH VOGESITE DIKES. LATTER MINERALIZED ONLY ALONG LOCAL SHEAR PLANES.

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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