| Deposit ID | 10214554 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M020307 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0061050017 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Blue Jay Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Blue Bird, McKnight, Blue Bird, McKnight |
| Related records | 10109404 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.24611, 40.11235 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1250 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Trinity(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Four Corners Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Eel(hydrologic unit)
Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Trinity |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 026 N | 012 W | 17 | NW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Calcium | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Manganese Critical | Tertiary |
| Silica | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chert | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Hausmannite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Psilomelane | Unknown |
| Pyrolusite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Rhodochrosite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -123.24611, 40.11235 |
|---|
| Strike | N30W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60N | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 100M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 8HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1941 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Forest Service |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0061050017 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M020307 | MAS references MRDS |
O'BRIEN-MINES & MIN RES TRINITY CO-CAL.DIV.MINES GEO-CO.RPT.
TRENGOVE-RECON OF CALIF MN DEPS-USBM RPT.OF INVEST 5579-1960
CDM & G., BULL.152,1950
WFOC MPF NO. 0061050017
INFORMATION FROM THE FILES OF W.D. LONGWILL, WFOC
SPOKANE, WA
MINERAL RESOURCES OF YOLLA BOLLY AREA, TRINITY CO., CA,
W.D. LONGWILL, 1979.
MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BIG BUTTE-SHINBONE(5145),
EAST FORK (5226), MURPHY GLADE (5298), AND WILDERNESS
CONTIGUOUS (5137) RARE II PROPOSED ADDITIONA TO THE
YOLLA BOLLY-MIDDLE EEL WILDERNESS, TRINITY, TEHEMA, AND
MENDOCINO COS., CA.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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