The Cleveland Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,375 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: 2,375 Feet (724 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.54639, -122.78028
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Cleveland Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cleveland Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Indian Creek
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: PINCH-SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ORE WAS DESCRIBED AS LOW GRADE AND BASE AS DEPTH WAS ATTAINED
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. FREE-MILLING ORE FOUND AT OUTCROPS.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, FEW FT.-20 FT. THICK, AVG. 8-10 FT. EXPOSURE OF ANOTHER OR THE SAME VEIN FOUND ON JERUSALEM CREEK, 2000 FT. LOWER IN ELEVATION.
Comment (Workings): NO. 1 ADIT 140 FT. LONG, 60 FT. WINZE AND STOPING OF 6 FT. THICKNESS OF QUARTZ. NO. 2 ADIT 150 FT. LOWER AND 400 FT. LONG. NO. 3 ADIT, 50 FT. BELOW, 425 FT. LONG WITH STOPING, 75 FT. WINZE. NO. 4 TUNNEL, 258 FT. BELOW NO. 3, IS 820 FT. LONG, MILLSITE.
Comment (Geology): SMALL LENS OF LIMESTONE WAS NOTED IN AREA. VEIN DISTURBED BY FAULT IN FACE OF TUNNEL NO. 3.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED, 800 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 887
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 18-19
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 442
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