The New Blue Jay Mining Co. is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 4,439 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,439 Feet (1,353 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.06472, -122.73056
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New Blue Jay Mining Co. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Blue Jay Mining Co.
Secondary: Blue Jay
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Coffee Creek
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
Discovery Year: 1886
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: POCKETS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK IS PERIDOTITE, CUT BY SMALL MASSES OF GRANODIORITE BY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES AND DIKE OF GREENSTONE.
Comment (Deposit): 40 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): ADITS 500 FT. LONG AND 200 FT. OF DRIFTS. WINZE AND RAISES. ORE WAS STOPED TO SURFACE
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS IN FREE STATE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SE 1/4 NW 1/4 AND E 1/2 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 2 LOCATIONS
Comment (Production): NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND SMALL POCKET PRODUCED $60,000 IN A FEW DAYS IN 1892.
Comment (Deposit): 2 FISSURE VEINS SHORT ORE SHOOT 16 IN THICK. WORKINGS EXPOSED ORE BODY 50 FT. IN LENGTH AND 130 FT. IN HEIGHT. ORE OCCURS IN CLAYEY MATERIAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., V. 27, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 885
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 36-37
Reference (Deposit): MCKLAZIURE, C., 1921, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 17, P. 541
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