Salmon Summit Mine

The Salmon Summit Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Salmon Summit Mine  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

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

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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

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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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