The Blue Jacket is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,539 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: 2,539 Feet (774 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.06722, -122.70694
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Blue Jacket MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Jacket
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Trinity Center
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURS IN FREE STATE
Comment (Production): ORE WAS LOW-GRADE AND FREE-MILLING. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Location): UTM EST. BORDER OF SECTIONS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 2.5 FT. THICK ORE SHOOT, 200 FT. LONG. IN ONE INSTANCE, FOOTWALL IS SERPENTINE & HANGING WALL IS GRANODIORITE. WHERE BASALTIC AND LAMPROPHYRIC DIKES CUT APLITE AND ARE SHEARED, RICH ORE SAID TO OCCUR. SEE MACDONALD (1912) FOR SKETCH MAP.
Comment (Workings): 820 FT. ADIT, DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPES
Comment (Deposit): 450 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. 885
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 1, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF CARRVILLE DISTRICT, CALIF.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 21-23
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