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Vermont Mine

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 10035903
MRDS ID M023855
Record type Site
Current site name Vermont Mine
Alternate or previous names Willey
Related records 10238956

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.71221, 40.72429 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position APPROX. 1-5 MI. ENE DEADWOOD SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

French Gulch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 033N 008W 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SEC. LOCATION PROJECTED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result MIXTURE OF QUARTZ AND SLATE SAID TO HAVE GIVEN GOOD ASSAYS IN AU. FREE GOLD SAID TO HAVE AMOUNTED TO 25% OF TOTAL GOLD IN ORE
Result BALANCE IN SULFIDES - LARGELY PYRITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.71221, 40.72429
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIKES OF DIORITE-PORPHYRY INTRUDE BRAGDON SLATE

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

  • 300 FT. ADIT, DRIVEN IN 1883, WAS REOPENED. NUMEROUS OLDER ADITS NOW CAVED. PLANS WERE UNDER WAY FOR TREATMENT OF DUMP MATERIAL IN MILL

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. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES VERMONT, WEST POINT, VERMONT NO. 2 AND VERMONT EXTENSION ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VEINS. STRINGERS IN SLATE NEAR CONTACT CONSIDERABLY CRUSHED, BROKEN

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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