Nugget Creek placer, Thurston Peaks, North Fork Mining District, Salmon Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USAi
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 56' 38'' North , 123° 10' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Junction City | 680 (2011) | 25.5km |
Burnt Ranch | 281 (2011) | 29.3km |
Weaverville | 3,600 (2011) | 30.7km |
Trinity Village | 297 (2011) | 30.7km |
Douglas City | 713 (2011) | 37.7km |
Mindat Locality ID:
96716
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:96716:0
GUID (UUID V4):
f341fbb5-4515-4294-8fa2-a02326fd3b63
A placer Au occurrence located in sec. 25, T36N, R12W, MDM, 4.9 km (3.1 miles) NE of Thurston Peaks, along an unnamed tributary (Nugget Creek ?) of Whites Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Trinity River, near their confluence, on Bureau of Land Management/National Forest wilderness land (Trinity Alps Wilderness). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.
Mineralization is a placer Au deposit. The ore body is patches in potholes, etc. Local rocks include undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided).
Some high-grade material.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10190048 |
---|
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Calaveras-Baker DomainDomain
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.
References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0061050750