The Salmon Summit Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.155, -123.36667
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Salmon Summit Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salmon Summit Mine
Secondary: Summit Mine
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
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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
Analytical Data: PICKED PIECE OF ORE FROM REDFIELD CLAIM SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED $120/TON IN GOLD. ORE FROM SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM SAID TO ASSAY $16/TON IN GOLD, PART OF WHICH IS IN THE SULFIDES.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 CLAIMS, REDFIELD AND SALMON SUMMIT. ANOTHER SMALLER CLAIM ADJOINS SALMON SUMMIT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Commodity): GOLD OCCURED IN FREE STATE
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED FOR TOWNSHIP-RANGE. PROJECTED
Comment (Production): FROM SMALL CLAIM ADJOINING SALMON SUMMIT. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): REDFIELD CLAIM CONSISTS OF LENSES OF QUARTZ AND IRON SULFIDES. LENSES 6 IN. TO 6 FT. LONG. ON SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM, QUARTZ VEIN, 1 FT. THICK. ON SMALLER ADJOINING CLAIM THERE IS A 1 FT. VEIN IN DIORITE.
Comment (Workings): REDFIELD CLAIM HAS 50 FT. ADIT. ON SALMON SUMMIT CLAIM, 50 FT. CROSSCUT WITH DRIFTS RUN BOTH WAYS TOTALING 300 FT. IN LENGTH. 70 FT. SHAFT, 45 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE. ON CLAIM ADJOINING SALMON SUMMIT THERE IS A 150 FT. DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK ON SALMON SUMMIT. CLAIM DESCRIBED AS FINE-GRAINED, BLACK SCHIST (FOOTWALL) AND DIORITE (HANGING WALL). A FEW FEET TO SOUTHWEST OF CROSSCUT, BOTH WALLS ARE DIORITE.
References
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941)
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 1, P. 55-56
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