The Smith is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,848 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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.94556, -122.94639
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Smith MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Smith
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Weaverville
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
Type: Underground
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
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 30. SEVERAL LOCATIONS
Comment (Deposit): 274 ACRES. CONSISTED OF 10 CLAIMS, ACCORDING TO CRAWFORD, INCLUDED: DEER CREEK LODE, SALT CREEK NOS. 1, 2 AND 3, GRAY MARE LODE, BONANZA, STEWART'S FORK AND DARK HORSE AMONG THEM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS WITH SHORT ORE SHOOT, 2 FT. THICK. SMALL POCKET ON SURFACE DEER CREEK LODE TRENDS N-S, OUTCROPS FOR 150 FT. 600 FT. FURTHER EAST, SECOND VEIN 7 FT. THICK. VEIN(S) ON OTHER CLAIMS 2-4 FT. THICK, STRIKE NW AND NE. SOME OF VEINS CARRIED CONSIDERABLE % OF SULFIDES.
Comment (Workings): 310 FT. ADIT. DRIFTS. SHAFT
Comment (Geology): VEIN NOT IN PLACE. GREATEST DEPTH (70 FT.) DIDN'T PASS THROUGH ZONE OF DISTURBANCE
References
Reference (Deposit): DUNN, R.L., 1893, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 11, P. 483.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 898.
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 462.
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