The Headlight is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.05583, -122.70333
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Headlight MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Headlight
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Lead
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: OPERATING COST WAS ABOUT $2.40/TON
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN-CAPPED ORE BODY, LYING FLAT, COVERED 2 ACRES, 25-72 FT. THICK, AVG. 40 FT. BROWN (1913) AND MACDONALD (1912) PROVIDE SKETCH-MAPS OF DEPOSIT. ORE BEST MINERALIZED ALONG CONTACT WITH VOGESITE DIKES. LATTER MINERALIZED ONLY ALONG LOCAL SHEAR PLANES.
Comment (Workings): SOIL OVERBURDEN REMOVED BY HYDRAULICKING. SEVERAL ADITS, ONE 350 FT. LONG, OPEN CUTS, RAISES, DRIFTS.
Comment (Geology): META-BASALTIC OR GREENSTONE DIKES INTRUDE DACITE PORPHYRY. BOTH CUT BY LATER LAMPROPHYRE OR VOGESITE DIKES.
Comment (Commodity): ORE CONTAINED MUCH FREE GOLD & WAS IRON STAINED.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4 20 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Production): OXIDIZED ORE WAS TREATED BY CYANIDATION. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G. CHESTER, 1913, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 892-893
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1931, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE SHASTA QUADRANGLE: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, NO. 1, P. 43
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.22, NO. 1, P. 22-23
Reference (Deposit): MACDONALD, D.F., 1912, GOLD LODES OF WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 530, P. 17-21
Reference (Production): BROWN (1913)
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LOGAN (1926)
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