Armstrong No. 2 Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Calcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216144
MRDS ID M020294
MAS/MILS ID 0061050004
Record type Site
Current site name Armstrong No. 2 Mine
Alternate or previous names Armstrong No. 3 Prospect, Savage Nos.2 and 3
Related records 10033666

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.30501, 40.18845 (WGS84)
Elevation 1058
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

Shannon Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 003 S 008 E 20 NWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.30501, 40.18845

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 55E
    Thickness 2M
    Length 20M
    Width 8M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N10W:55E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1954

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRASK-GEO DESCRIPT MN DEPS OF CAL-CAL.DIV.OF.MINES,BUL.152-A

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN-MINES & MIN RES TRINITY CO-CAL.DIV.MINES,GEO.CO.RPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8-25-75-SOME GREENISH STAINING AT THIS DEPOSIT MAY INDICATE MINOR C. 9-11-75-LARGE RESOURCE OF LO-GRADE MN CHERT(<5% MN) EXPOSED 9-11-75-RESOURCE PROBABLY COMPRISES SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JAN-1987 Niemi 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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