Blue Jay Claim

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodities Calcium, Copper, 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 10214554
MRDS ID M020307
MAS/MILS ID 0061050017
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Claim
Alternate or previous names Blue Bird, McKnight, Blue Bird, McKnight
Related records 10109404

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.24611, 40.11235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 1000(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)

Lower Eel(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)

Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel 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 026 N 012 W 17 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Unknown
Chert Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Hausmannite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodochrosite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.24611, 40.11235

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60N
    Thickness 1M
    Length 100M
    Width 5M
    Depth to top 2M
    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
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30W:60N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 8HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Comments on the geologic information

  • HAUSMANNITE,MN3404 ALSO OCCURS IN THIS DEPOSIT-RESEMBLES CHE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1942

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CDM & G., BULL.152,1950

  • Deposit

    WFOC MPF NO. 0061050017

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE, WA

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    W.D. LONGWILL, 1979.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BIG BUTTE-SHINBONE(5145),

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CONTIGUOUS (5137) RARE II PROPOSED ADDITIONA 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-84 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.