Meckel-Fields Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190192
MRDS ID X025898
MAS/MILS ID 0061050767
Record type Site
Current site name Meckel-Fields Mine
Alternate or previous names Klondike, General Lee
Related records 10086647

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.99531, 40.80155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rush Creek Lakes(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)

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 034 N 010 W 15 NWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.99531, 40.80155

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVRILL, C.V., 1933, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CA

  • Deposit

    LIFORNIA JOURNAL MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 24-25.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CA

  • Deposit

    LIFORNIA JOURNAL MINES AND GEOLOGY V.37 NO.1 PG 48,53.

  • Deposit

    BLAKE, M.C., J.R., AND PETERS, T.J., 1984, WEAVER BALLY

  • Deposit

    ROADLESS AREA, CALIFORNIA, IN MARSH, S.P., ET AL, EDS., WILD

  • Deposit

    NESS MINERAL POTENTIAL: US GEOL SURV PROF PAP 1300, P. 407-

  • Deposit

    409.

  • Deposit

    BLAKE, M.C., J.R., AND PETERS, T.J., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE

  • Deposit

    POTENTIAL MAP OF THE WEAVER BALLY ROADLESS AREA, TRINITY

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NF-1657-A.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, IN SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV-

  • Deposit

    ISION, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF MINING BUREAU, 22ND REPT OF THE

  • Deposit

    STARE MINERAL., P. 19.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF DIV OF MINES AND GEOL, COUNTY REPT

  • Deposit

    4, 125 P.

  • Deposit

    PETERS, T.J., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEAVER

  • Deposit

    BALLY RARE II AREA (NO 5804), TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 93-83, 22P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-84 Peters, T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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