Mountain Boomer

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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 10106545
MRDS ID X025889
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Boomer
Alternate or previous names Boomer
Related records 10190705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.27029, 41.06678 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 1.2 MI. S. MARYSVILLE SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dees Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hoopa(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)

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 037N 012W 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED. TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SEC. PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.27029, 41.06678

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 60N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1883

Mining district

District name New River

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1914, MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY 6 LEVELS VARYING FROM 60 FT. TO 700 FT. HUNDREDS OF FEET OF CROSSCUTS. WAS EQUIPED WITH 3-STAMP MILL OLDEST OF OLD LEVELS KNOWN AS CLEMENT LEVEL. MORE RECENT (1939) WORKINGS INCLUDE A 300 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT 100 FT. LOWER THAT STRIKES 1 FT. VEIN. OLD WORKINGS LEVEL, ON VEIN FOR DEPTH OF 400 FT. ON DIP.

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. 49

  • Deposit

    BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 895

  • Production

    AVERILL (1941)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 2 FT. THICK AND 1 FT. THICK. PAY-SHOOT IN 1 FT. VEIN RAKES WEST
Deposit 4 CLAIMS - 100 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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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