The Ralston Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 4,701 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: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.86861, -123.00639
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Ralston Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ralston Mine
Secondary: Ralston Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Canyon Creek
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
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
Analytical Data: ORE CONTAINED ABOUT 5% OF PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 18 IN.-2 FT. THICK ORE SHOOT 200 FT. LONG
Comment (Workings): 120 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISE OF 100 FT. 4 ADITS 50-385 FT. LONG. 1 STOPE (60 FT. BY 3 FT. BY 80 FT.)
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS. 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. REF. INCORRECTLY LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 32. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP AND RANGE. PROJECTED.
Comment (Production): A SHIPMENT OF 7.5 TONS OF HAND-PICKED ORE WAS SORTED FROM 80 TONS OF RUN-OF-MINE ORE, AND SHIPPED TO SELBY SMELTER, WHICH GAVE NET RETURNS OF $2,330. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 55.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SISKIYOU, SHASTA AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 897.
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941)
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