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Mcclaren Group

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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086651
MRDS ID X025913
Record type Site
Current site name Mcclaren Group
Related records 10117396

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.10556, 40.90651 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 2.3 MI. NE BACKBONE RIDGE LOOKOUT. E. BRANCH OF E. FORK CROSSES CLAIMS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Hilton(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)

Trinity Alps Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 035N 011W 10,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 NE 1/4 9

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIED 1-2% SULFIDES. ASSAYS AS FOLLOWS: ON TRINITY NO. 1 VEIN, AVG. $16/TON FROM 13 IN. THICK QUARTZ FOR 133 FT IN NORTH DRIFT AND 105 FT. IN SOUTH DRIFT. ORE 16 IN. THICK AVG. $16/TON IN GOLD FROM NORTH WINZE. ON MOUNTAIN BELL: $9.72/TON FROM 4 FT. THICK VEIN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.10556, 40.90651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH-SWELL
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHIST CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE LIMESTONE

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 production information

  • IN SUMMER OF 1939, OWNER WAS STARTING TO MINE & MILL ORE. NO GOLD WAS RECOVERED BY AMALGAMATION. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • ON TRINITY GROUP OF 3 CLAIMS, ADITS DRIVEN BOTH WAYS FROM CREEK ON 1.5 FT. THICK VEIN FOR DISTANCES OF 350 FT. AND 150 FT. WINZE SUNK FROM EACH ADIT TO DEPTHS OF 42 FT. AND 31 FT. 350 FT. ADIT SAID TO EXPOSE 2 FT. OF ORE IN FACE, AND 150 FT. ADIT SAID TO BE ORE FOR ABOUT 90 FT.

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. 48

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 24

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 VEINS. ON TRINITY NO. 1, VEIN 15-36 IN. THICK, PINCHES FOR 50 FT., AVG. 13 IN. THICK. VEIN ON MOUNTAIN BELL CLAIM 4 FT. THICK. VEIN ON LAST CHANCE CLAIM 30 IN. THICK.
Deposit 12 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS. INCLUDED TRINITY GROUP, LAST CHANCE AND MOUNTAIN BELL. ; 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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