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Trask and Copper

Past Producer in Plumas county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034139
MRDS ID M020847
Record type Site
Current site name Trask and Copper
Alternate or previous names Beetle, Moonlight
Related records 10236737

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.7966, 40.17793 (WGS84)
Elevation 1288
Relative position ON MOONLIGHT CREEK-NEAR RUBY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moonlight Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027N;027N 010E;011E 24,25;19,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Gold Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.7966, 40.17793
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault; Dips 45 S, Crosses Vein On South.

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip STEEP EAST
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROCK SURROUNDING 1920 WORKINGS IS BASIC IGNEOUS PROBABLY DIORITE AND ANDESITE PRINCIPALLY ALTHOUGH THERE SOME INDICATIONS OF ORE IN A FLINTY CHERT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 160 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED ACCORDING TO TRASK WHICH AVG. 10 % CU, 40 OZ AG AND $3 AU/TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 900 FT. TUNNEL FROM WHICH A 100 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK, REACHES A DEPTH OF 200 FT. BELOW OUTCROP. NO WORK DONE SOUTH OF FAULT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 280

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 470 - 471

  • Production

    LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , P. 470

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OWNERS CLAIM (TRASK-) 300 FT. AHEAD OF FACE THEY HAVE AN OUTCROP 50 FT. WIDE CARPING DISSEMINATED BORNITE AND CAN TRACE A COPPER BEARING OUTCROP 6 FT. WIDE FOR 3000 FT. FARTHER ON STRIKE. ALSO AN EAST STRIKING OUTCROP SOUTH OF FAULT. COMPRISED OF 300 ACRES.
Deposit VEIN AVG. 4 - 6 INCHES THICK, FOLLOWS A FINE-GROUND BASIC DIKE IN PLACES 8 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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