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Trinity Gold

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035880
MRDS ID M023822
Record type Site
Current site name Trinity Gold
Related records 10117499

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9325, 40.57318 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2 MI. SW BLANCHARD FLAT SCHOOL ON RIDGE TO W. OF BROWNS CK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoosimbim Mountain(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 031N 009W 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 19 SAMPLES AVG. $3.53/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9325, 40.57318
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST DESCRIBED AS GREEN, CHLORITIC, AND SOME SLATY. ALL OF IT IS SILICIFIED

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 workings information

  • 650 FT. ABOVE CREEK, A CUT 70 FT. LONG AND 3 FT. DEEP 100 FT. BELOW IS A 65 FT. TUNNEL. ADIT, 50-60 FT. ABOVE CREEK, DRIVEN AT 110 FT. POINT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 52-53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS AND A SILICIFIED ZONE
Deposit 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 120 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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