| Deposit ID | 10086644 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | X025892 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fairview Mine |
| Related records | 10166162 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.74917, 40.82624 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 853 |
| Relative position | 4.3 MI. W. TRINITY GUARD STA. A STEEP MTN. ROAD CONNECTS MINE WITH TRINITY MTN. GUARD STATION, NORTH OF FRENCH GULCH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Trinity(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Papoose Creek(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Trinity |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 034N | 008W | 10,11,03 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate |
| Rock unit name | Bragdon Slate |
| Rock description | Bragdon Slate |
| (1) | -122.74917, 40.82624 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Faulted Segment Of Vein Exposed By Surface Cuts On East End Of Old Stopes Fault Contact Of Black Slate Material With Greenstone Exposed In No. 4 Level, But No Ore Found On Contact. Brecciated Rhyolitic Dike Rock, Cutting Slate Was Exposed In Raise Above No. 4 Level. It Contained Ore. |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | N, E-W |
| Dip | 47 E,60 |
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| District name | Minersville |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | X025892 |
AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 34
AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 23-24
BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 888
FERGUSON, H.G., 1914, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540, P. 75-76
BROWN (1913)
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | VEINS AND STRINGER ZONE HANGING WALL SLATE, FOOTWALL DIORITIC DIKE SOME VEIN MATERIAL DIPS SOUTH. CONTAINS VERY GOOD GRADE OF ORE, BUT VEIN MATERIAL IRREGULAR, 2 FT. THICK. ORE SHOOTS PINCH AT LOW ANGLE (ABOUT 20 DEG.) EAST AND CONSIST OF SMALL BANDS ABOUT 1 FT. THICK CLOSE TO SLATE WALLS. OCCASIONAL MN STAINS. PYRITE SAID TO BE PRACTICALLY BARREN OF GOLD |
| Deposit | 440 ACRES OF PATENTED CLAIMS AND ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS. MINE WAS WORKED AT VARIOUS TIMES FOR MANY YEARS, IN 1901 TO 1908 BY DIFFERENT GROUPS OF LESSEES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1980 | Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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