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Starvation

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. 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 10035884
MRDS ID M023827
Record type Site
Current site name Starvation
Related records 10287236

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.74194, 40.81235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 4 MI. WSW TRINITY MTN. GUARD STATION, OFF FAIRVIEW RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Papoose Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 008W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. S 1/2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE ORE FOUND IN AVERAGE THICKNESSES OF 3-4 INCHES. MAXIUM 8 INCHES GOLD OCCURS IN FREE STATE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.74194, 40.81235
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN ASSOCIATED WITH BRECCIA CONTAINING PARTLY ROUNDED FRAGMENTS OF BRAGDON STATE; POSSIBLY FAULT BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADIT LEVELS, SEPARATED BY 30 FT. IN DEPTH. LOWER ADIT COMPRISES 200 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS; UPPER ONE, 55 FT. OF DRIFTS. FROM LOWER LEVEL, 30 FT. STOPE DRIVEN.

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. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL FISSURE VEINS
Deposit 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS AND A FRACTION, TOTAL 70 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

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