Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockSlate · Bragdon Slate
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFaulted Segment Of Vein Exposed By Surface Cuts On East End Of Old Stopes Fault Contact Of Black Slate Material With Greenstone Exposed In No. 4 Level, But No Ore Found On Contact. Brecciated Rhyolitic Dike Rock, Cutting Slate Was Exposed In Raise Above No. 4 Level. It Contained Ore.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1897
Identification
Deposit ID10086644
MRDS IDX025892
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.82624, -122.74917
References
AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 34AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 23-24BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 888FERGUSON, H.G., 1914, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE, CALIF.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 540, P. 75-76BROWN (1913)