The Mekel-Fields Property is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 6,348 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: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.80778, -122.99417
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Mekel-Fields Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mekel-Fields Property
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
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
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED $37/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEINS 18 IN. THICK. VERTICAL TO STEEPLY DIPPING. LENSES TO 35 FT. IN LENGTH. SAID TO BE TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT.
Comment (Workings): RAISE FROM 230 FT. ADIT LEVEL; SHALLOW PITS. LOWEST ADIT LEVEL FOLLOWS VEIN VEIN N75E. 3 OTHER ADITS 50 FT. BELOW LATTER.
Comment (Commodity): PANNED WELL IN FINE, FREE GOLD
Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 15. MORE THAN 1 LOCATION
Comment (Production): BEST PRODUCTION SAID TO BE NEAR PORTAL, WHERE $2500 WAS EXTRACTED FROM HOLE 2 FT. DEEP ON VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS, LONE STAR, KLONDIKE AND GENERAL LEE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE, QUADRANGLES: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 24-25
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 19-20
Reference (Production): LOGAN (1926)
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