Trout Creek No. 1

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190416
MAS/MILS ID 0061050075
Record type Site
Current site name Trout Creek No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.22611, 40.12095 (WGS84)
Elevation 1344
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

Four Corners Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 026 N 012 W 09 C W2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.22611, 40.12095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 40W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 100M
    Width 40M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 STOCKWORK
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N25W:40W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 3HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 3
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1954

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 8-10-75-THE OPEN PIT HERE IS VERY LARGE CONSIDERING SMALL ORE RESERVES ESTIMATED FOR TWO LOCATIONS APPROX. 400 FT. APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN-MINES &MIN RES OF TRINITYCO-CAL.DIV.MINES GEO.CO.RPT

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE-RECON. OF CAL MN DEPS-USBM.RPT.OF INVEST.5579-1960

  • Deposit

    WFOC MPF NO. 0061050075

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION FROM THE FILES OF W.D. LONGWILL, WFOC

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE, WA.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL REOURCES OF YOLLA BOLLY AREA, TRINITY CO., CA,

  • Deposit

    W.D. LONGWILL, 1979.

  • Deposit

    RARE II FILE REPORT BIG BUTTE-SHINBONE (5145)

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BIG BUTTE-SHINBONE (5145)

  • Deposit

    EAST FORK (5226), MURPHY GLADE (5298), AND WILDERNESS

  • Deposit

    CONTIGUOUS (5137) RARE II PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO THE

  • Deposit

    YOLLA BOLLY-MIDDLE EEL WILDERNESS, TRINITY, TEHEMA, AND

  • Deposit

    MENDOCINO COS., CA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Niemi 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

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