The Black Cloud Group is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,598 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: 2,598 Feet (792 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.76306, -122.92111
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Black Cloud Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Cloud Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly-Weathered And Decomposed Zone Near Surface
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $4-$6/TON IN GOLD, BASED ON 3 SURFACE SAMPLES TAKEN BY E.N. TODD, WHO OPTIONED THE CLAIMS, AND A RUN OF 40 TONS TREATED IN SMALL MILL SOME YEARS AGO.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 9 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. BORDER OF SECTIONS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN(S)
Comment (Workings): SUPERFICIAL SURFACE CUTS DID NOT PENETRATE OXIDIZED ZONE
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGY DESCRIBED AS META SEDIMENTARY SERIES WITH POSSIBLE INTERBEDDED LAVA, INTRUDED BY FINE-GRAINED PORPHYRITIC DIKES OF MORE THAN ONE KIND-SOME LIGHT IN COLOR, OTHERS DARK. MICA SCHIST MOST PREDOMINANT OF METAMORPHICS SERIES, BUT STRATA FEW INCHES THICK OF SLATY MATERIAL AND SILICEOUS MATERIAL OCCUR ALSO.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 26-27
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