The Trinity Consolidated is a gold mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.92194, -122.50472
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Trinity Consolidated MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Trinity Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Dog Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: EIGHT VEINS ON THE GROUP, SIX BEING PARALLEL. THE SIX VEINS STRIKE E AND HAVE VERTICAL TIPS.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED IN 1886 . CLAIMS INCLUDE LAST CHANCE, SITTING BULL, STONEWALL, TEHOMA, AND TRINITY. DEVELOPMENT MAINLY CONFINED TO TRINITY CLAIM.
Comment (Commodity): SULFIDES FOUND IN WALL ROCK
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL ADITS ON VEIN FROM 50 TO 450 FT, DRIFTS, RAISES, AND STOPES
Comment (Location): COORDINATES EST.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J. J., 1896 , THIRTEENTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINEROLOGIST: CMB REPT. 13, P 367
Reference (Deposit): IRELAN, WM. JR., 1888 , EIGHTH REPT. OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CMB REPT 8 , P. 569
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1914 , SHASTA COUNTY: CMB REPT. 14 , P. 802
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