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Excelsior

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. 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 10035924
MRDS ID M023877
Record type Site
Current site name Excelsior

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.35334, 40.96012 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 2.5 MI. NE DENNY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jim Jam Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(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
Humboldt 007N 007E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. LOC. PROJECTED FROM DESCRIPTION IN REF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS HIGH-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50NE
    Depth to bottom 96.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name New River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE PRODUCED $160,000. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS TOTALING 700 FT. IN LENGTH; 1600 FT. OF DRIFTS, SEVERAL RAISES AND STOPE (100 FT. BY 3 FT. BY 9 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. 888

  • Production

    BROWN (1913)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH ORE SHOOT 300 FT. LONG, 18 IN. THICK.
Deposit 80 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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