The Strode is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,199 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: 3,199 Feet (975 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.07833, -122.68806
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Strode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Strode
Secondary: Oro Grande
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1888
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: POCKET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. ASSAY VALUES OF TAILINGS $3.30/TON
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 9 AND SE 1/4 8
Comment (Production): NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. RICH POCKET TAKEN OUT; ORE WAS FREE-MILLING.A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1912.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN WITH ORE SHOOT 120 FT. LONG, 3 FT. THICK. IRON-STAINED IN PLACES. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF ORE SHOOTS IN TUCKER (1922).
Comment (Workings): 2600 FT. ADIT, 600 FT. OF DRIFTS, RAISES AND STOPE (40 FT. BY 2.5 FT. BY 80 FT.) TUCKER (1922) PROVIDES DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS ON VARIOUS LEVELS.
Comment (Geology): COMPLEX OF ANDESITIC GREENSTONES CUT BY SMALL MASSES OF GRANODIORITE BY DIKES OF APLITIC ROCK, DIKES OF FINE-GRAINED, GREEN METABASALT, AND BY A FEW LAMPROPHYRIC DIKES.
Comment (Deposit): 50 ACRES. 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 54
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1922, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 18, P. 600.
Reference (Deposit): 5) MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF THE CARRVILLE DISTRICT, CA.: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530-D, P. 35-36.
Reference (Production): BROWN (1913)
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 896
Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1894, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 12, P. 313
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