The Bailey Claim is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.89056, -122.97861
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Bailey Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bailey Claim
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Dedrick
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ADIT DRIVEN ON NO. 2 LEVEL OF THE GLOBE, WHICH WAS DRIVEN THROUGH MTN. FROM STUART FORK SIDE TO CANYON CREEK SIDE AT ELEVATION ABOUT 500 FT BELOW OUTCROP OF VEIN. ADIT NOW CAVED
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE OLD GLOBE MINE. SEE GLOBE CONSOLIDATED FOR MORE DETAILS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. APPARENTLY SEVERAL LOCATIONS LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP-RANGE. PROJECTED LOCATION-UNCERTAIN.
Comment (Production): SEE GLOBE CONS. FOR PRODUCTION
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 26
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