Alaska Mine

Occurrence 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141230
MRDS ID M023772
MAS/MILS ID 0061050728
Record type Site
Current site name Alaska Mine
Related records 10103404

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.08252, 40.89234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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 035 N 011 W 14 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.08252, 40.89234

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 60S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N80E:60S
    Date of Last Modification 820614

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Description Mine Produced $600,000 Worth Of Gold By 1916 But Nothing Since. Vein System Is Not Economically Minable But Has Produced Good Specimen Gold.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.