The Golden Jubilee Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,100 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: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.10056, -122.78361
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Golden Jubilee Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Golden Jubilee Mine
Secondary: Liberty?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Tertiary: 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
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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
Form: BUNCHES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE BLOCK OF ORE, 3 FT. - 8 FT. THICK VALUED $16-17/TON. ASSAY MAP SHOWED SAMPLES FROM $50-$150 ON 2 FT. VEIN. LARGE CUBES OF IRON OXIDE ASSAYED $3/16.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sylvanite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ CONTAINS FREE GOLD AND IN TELLURIDE FORM
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2 N 1/2 N 1/2
Comment (Reserve-Resource): VALUES OF $111000 BETWEEN NO. 2 AND B LEVELS ON ORE SHOOT 110 FT. LONG.
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. CON. AVG. ABOUT $120/TON.
Comment (Workings): 7 ADITS WITH APPROXIMATE ALTITUDES AS FELLOWS: B, 3700 FT.; A, 3600 FT; NO. 1, 3500 FT.; NO. 2, 3400 FT.; NO. 3, 3350 FT.; NO. 4, 3300 FT.; NO. 5, 3050 FT. STOPES UP TO 8 FT. WIDE NO. 5 LEVEL 2200 FT. LONG, RAISE CONNECTS TO NO. 3 LEVEL, 260 FT. AWAY. OTHER RAISE DRIVEN FROM NEAR FACE TO CONNECT WITH UPPER LEVELS. BLOCK OF ORE IN NO. 3 LEVEL DEVELOPED ON 3 SIDES BETWEEN NO. 1 AND A LEVELS. NUMEROUS STOPES.
Comment (Geology): LAMPROPHYRE DIKES INTRUDE GRANODIORITE. IN LEVEL A, WALLS OF GRANODIORITE ARE DECOMPOSED AND RUN LIKE SAND. DIKES FEW IN. THICK, BUT OCCASIONALLY WIDEN IN IRREGULAR LENSES. APPARENTLY ONE DIKE INTRUDED GRANODIORITE, THEN WAS BROKEN INTO SECTIONS BY SMALL CROSS FAULTS. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DIKE ROCKS IN AVERILL (1931).
Comment (Deposit): 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, APPROX. 2 FT. THICK. OTHER STRINGERS. VEIN OCCURS ALONG CROSS FAULTS WITH DIKE ROCK AS ONE WALL, THEN THROUGH GRANODIORITE, AND ALONG DIKE ROCK CONTINUOUSLY. WALLS BRECCIATED BY SHEARING, CONSIST OF GOUGE. SEVERAL ORE SHOOTS, 3-16 FT. THICK. ORE SAID TO BE RICHEST NEAR LAMPROPHYRE OR BASIC DIKE, DISPLACED 30 FT BY FAULTING.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 36
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 37-40
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 21-22
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 27-28.
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1926), MACDONALD (1912)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LOGAN (1926)
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