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Trinity Consolidated

Past Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10034489
MRDS ID M021286
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity Consolidated

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.50582, 40.92179 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position ABOUT 6 MILES W. OF DELTA, NEAR FRENCH RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Damnation Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(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 Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 035N 006W 01,02 California

Comments on the location information

  • COORDINATES EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFIDES FOUND IN WALL ROCK

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.50582, 40.92179
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: EIGHT VEINS ON THE GROUP, SIX BEING PARALLEL. THE SIX VEINS STRIKE E AND HAVE VERTICAL TIPS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dog Creek

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 48.564HA
    Overall depth 48.77M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS ON VEIN FROM 50 TO 450 FT, DRIFTS, RAISES, AND STOPES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINEROLOGIST: CMB REPT. 13, P 367

  • Deposit

    IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 8 , P. 569

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 802

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED IN 1886 . CLAIMS INCLUDE LAST CHANCE, SITTING BULL, STONEWALL, TEHOMA, AND TRINITY. DEVELOPMENT MAINLY CONFINED TO TRINITY CLAIM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Tatkin, T.; Albers, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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