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
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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