Trask and Copper

The Trask and Copper is a copper mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 4,226 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Trask and Copper  

State:  California

County:  Plumas

Elevation: 4,226 Feet (1,288 Meters)

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 40.17806, -120.79556

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Trask and Copper MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Trask and Copper
Secondary: Beetle
Secondary: Moonlight


Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Plumas


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: L
Description: Fault; Dips 45 S, Crosses Vein On South.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): OWNERS CLAIM (TRASK-) 300 FT. AHEAD OF FACE THEY HAVE AN OUTCROP 50 FT. WIDE CARPING DISSEMINATED BORNITE AND CAN TRACE A COPPER BEARING OUTCROP 6 FT. WIDE FOR 3000 FT. FARTHER ON STRIKE. ALSO AN EAST STRIKING OUTCROP SOUTH OF FAULT. COMPRISED OF 300 ACRES.

Comment (Production): 160 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED ACCORDING TO TRASK WHICH AVG. 10 % CU, 40 OZ AG AND $3 AU/TON.

Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVG. 4 - 6 INCHES THICK, FOLLOWS A FINE-GROUND BASIC DIKE IN PLACES 8 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Workings): 900 FT. TUNNEL FROM WHICH A 100 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK, REACHES A DEPTH OF 200 FT. BELOW OUTCROP. NO WORK DONE SOUTH OF FAULT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROCK SURROUNDING 1920 WORKINGS IS BASIC IGNEOUS PROBABLY DIORITE AND ANDESITE PRINCIPALLY ALTHOUGH THERE SOME INDICATIONS OF ORE IN A FLINTY CHERT.


References

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1928 , REDDING FIELD DIVISION; 24TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 280

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , PLUMAS COUNTY; 17TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 470 - 471

Reference (Production): LOGAN, C.A., 1921 , P. 470


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