The Triumph Mine is a gold mine located in Butte county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 39.58389, -121.17194
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Triumph Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Triumph Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Butte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Martha G. Higgins
Home Office: Goodyears Bar, Ca.
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): CONTACT WHERE A BRANCH OF A GRANITIC INTRUSION INTRUDES AMPHIBOLITE
Comment (Deposit): VEIN VARIABLE DIP YIELDED FREE GOLD WITHOUT SULFIDES ON ACCOUNT OF NEARNESS TO SURFACE
Comment (Workings): ADITS; NO. 3 900 FT. VERTICALLY ABOVE RIVER; NO. 2 100 FT. HIGHER. BOTH CONNECTED BY RAISE WHICH STRIKES NO. 2 200 FT. FROM PORTAL. VEIN WAS STRUCK AT INTERMEDIATE LEVEL BETWEEN NO. 2 AND NO. 3 ADITS. MILLSITE.
Comment (Deposit): 5 CLAIMS 90 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1930, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIF. CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 26, NO. 4, P. 382-383
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