The Mountain Boomer is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.06694, -123.26917
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Mountain Boomer MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Boomer
Secondary: Boomer
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: New River
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: 1883
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LAND UNSURVEYED. TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SEC. PROJECTED
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, 2 FT. THICK AND 1 FT. THICK. PAY-SHOOT IN 1 FT. VEIN RAKES WEST
Comment (Workings): IN 1914, MINE WAS DEVELOPED BY 6 LEVELS VARYING FROM 60 FT. TO 700 FT. HUNDREDS OF FEET OF CROSSCUTS. WAS EQUIPED WITH 3-STAMP MILL OLDEST OF OLD LEVELS KNOWN AS CLEMENT LEVEL. MORE RECENT (1939) WORKINGS INCLUDE A 300 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT 100 FT. LOWER THAT STRIKES 1 FT. VEIN. OLD WORKINGS LEVEL, ON VEIN FOR DEPTH OF 400 FT. ON DIP.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS - 100 ACRES ; 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. 49
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, P. 895
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1941)
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