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Blue Jacket

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086640
MRDS ID X025887
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jacket
Related records 10263296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.70805, 41.06706 (WGS84)
Elevation 774
Relative position JUST NW OF 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 17,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. BORDER OF SECTIONS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OCCURS IN FREE STATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.70805, 41.06706
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 40 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Small Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897

Mining district

District name Trinity Center

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS LOW-GRADE AND FREE-MILLING. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • 820 FT. ADIT, DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES

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. 885

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 1, P. 29

  • Deposit

    MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF CARRVILLE DISTRICT, CALIF.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 21-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2.5 FT. THICK ORE SHOOT, 200 FT. LONG. IN ONE INSTANCE, FOOTWALL IS SERPENTINE & HANGING WALL IS GRANODIORITE. WHERE BASALTIC AND LAMPROPHYRIC DIKES CUT APLITE AND ARE SHEARED, RICH ORE SAID TO OCCUR. SEE MACDONALD (1912) FOR SKETCH MAP.
Deposit 450 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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