Uncle Sam Mine, Marysville, New River Mining District, Salmon Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 5' 44'' North , 123° 16' 59'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Trinity Village | 297 (2011) | 32.0km |
Willow Creek | 1,710 (2011) | 34.0km |
Burnt Ranch | 281 (2011) | 35.7km |
Junction City | 680 (2011) | 44.6km |
Weaverville | 3,600 (2011) | 49.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
96967
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:96967:2
GUID (UUID V4):
e635a0c7-c6fb-46a2-a785-d30a0495996c
A former lode Au mine located in secs. 5 and/or 8, T8N, R8E, and/or in sec. 32, T9N, R8E, HM (land unsurveyed for township/range. Projected), 1.4 km (4,700 feet) NNW of the Marysville site, in the headwaters area of Sherwood Creek (1.3 miles W of Mary Blaine Mountain), on Bureau of Land Management/National Forest wilderness land (Trinity Alps Wilderness). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 meters.
Mineralization is hosted in diabase. The ore body strikes N40W and dips 90. Local rocks include undivided pre-Cenozoic metavolcanic rocks, unit 2 (undivided).
Workings include underground openings comprised of a 310 foot adit, a 200 foot deep shaft with 2 levels with 600 feet of drifts, raises and a stope (80 feet by 3 feet by 120 feet).
Production data are found in: Brown (1913).
No specific production record was found but said to have produced $60,000 of Au (period values). The ore was free-milling and high-grade.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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ⓘ | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
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O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
Other Databases
Link to USGS MRDS: | 10086650 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Calaveras-Baker DomainDomain
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0061050275