The Amy Balch Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,599 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: 3,599 Feet (1,097 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.72806, -122.72472
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Amy Balch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amy Balch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Deadwood
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF EAST DRIFT IN 2.5 FT.-THICK VEIN ON ZENT CLAIM, $4-$15/TON IN GOLD AVG. $7. ASSAYS OF MORE THAN $20 PER TON WERE DISREGARDED.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Ocher
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 60 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION LOC PROJECTED
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS; FEW INCHES TO 8 FT. THICK AVG. 2 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS UNDERGROUND WORKINGS; ON ZENT CLAIM, A CROSSCUT DRIVEN SOUTH FOR 124 FT. TO TAP VEIN CONSISTING OF GOUGE AND CRUSHED QUARTZ. EAST DRIFT DRIVEN 95 FT., EXPOSING 2.5 FT. OF VEIN THICKNESS. RAISE DRIVEN INTO 15 FT. THICKNESS WEST DRIFT OF 95 FT., FIRST 25 FT. IN ORE, 25 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN NORTH FROM IT.
Comment (Geology): DIORITE-PORPHYRY INTRUDES SLATE. FINE-GRAINED, ANDESITIC-APPEARING ROCK WAS EXPOSED IN CROSSCUT.
References
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941)
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 25-26
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 6-7
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 884
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