The Carr's Iron-Capped Dike is a gold mine located in Trinity 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: 41.06583, -122.70472
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Carr's Iron-Capped Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carr's Iron-Capped Dike
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED DIKE. FINE GRAINED, GREENISH META-BASALT. STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES. TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR MORE THAN 1 MILE. AVG. 60 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECTED IN HOPE THAT LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE MIGHT BE DEVELOPED.
Comment (Geology): POST-MINERAL SHEARS, MANY OF WHICH TREND N40W, DIP STEEPLY WEST,AND CONTAIN IRON OXIDES.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 17. LOCATION TAKEN FROM REF. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 30
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 24-25
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