The Carrie is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 1,850 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: 1,850 Feet (564 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.98056, -123.32250
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Carrie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carrie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: New River
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 380 FT. OF ADITS AND 300 FT. OF DRIFTS. CONSIDERABLE ORE WAS TAKEN OUT NEAR SURFACE
Comment (Commodity): ORE WAS HIGH-GRADE
Comment (Location): UTM EST. UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP, RANGE AND SECTION. PROJECTED LOC. HIGHLY UNCERTAIN
Comment (Production): PRODUCED $16,000, BUT NO SPECIFIC DATE AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): SMALL VEIN WITH SOME RICH POCKETS, 10 IN. THICK
Comment (Deposit): 20 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 886
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 441
Reference (Production): BROWN (1913)
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