The Democrat Group is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,300 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.70778, -122.94917
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Democrat Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Democrat Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Not available
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: QUARTZ STRINGERS IN GRAPHITIC SCHIST SAID TO CARRY APPROX. 8% ARSENOPYRITE
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Graphite
Comments
Comment (Production): NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. IRON SULFIDES STATED TO HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE OF GOLD ON PARTS OF SURFACE AND IN PLACERS NEARBY. SEVERAL BUNCHES OF RICH GOLD ORE FROM SERPENTINE DIKE STATED TO HAVE TOTALED PERHAPS $5000 - $10000.
Comment (Deposit): LENSES & VEINS OF BLUISH QUARTZ
Comment (Workings): 340 FT. TUNNEL. SECOND TUNNEL ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF RIDGE. OLDER WORKINGS INCLUDE SHALLOW HOLES, WINZE
Comment (Geology): ADIT CUTS SANDSTONE, THEN SERPENTINIZED DIKE, AND THEN AN ANDESITIC DIKE. LAST 50 FT. IN LIGHT GREEN, CHLORITIC SCHIST WITH LAYERS OF GRAPHITIC SCHIST. SERPENTINE DIKE, 73 FT. THICK, STRIKES N 77.5 W TOWARD MAIN VEIN. AVERILL (1926) DESCRIBES A DECOMPOSED 'PORPHYRY'.
Comment (Deposit): 15 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 280 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 20-21
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 17-18
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