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Forget-Me-Not

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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035837
MRDS ID M023757
Record type Site
Current site name Forget-Me-Not
Related records 10238717

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.69528, 41.07734 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 1 MI. NNE CARRVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Carrville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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 037N 007W 08,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 SE 1/4 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Hematite 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.69528, 41.07734
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 20SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Trinity Center

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. ORE WAS FREE MILLING. SOME HIGH ORE WORKED IN ARRASTRA YEARS PREVIOUS TO 1913

Comments on the workings information

  • 1000 FT. ADIT, 400 FT. OF DRIFTS FROM OLD SHAFT, 100 FT. DEEP. 2 STOPES 40 FT. BY 3 FT. BY 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 889

  • Deposit

    CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 446-447

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH ORE SHOOT, 100 FT. LONG, 2 FT. THICK.
Deposit 34 ACRES, 2 CLAIMS ; 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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