The Meckel-Fields Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 5,906 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
Elevation: 5,906 Feet (1,800 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.8017, -122.99420
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Meckel-Fields Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meckel-Fields Mine
Secondary: Klondike
Secondary: General Lee
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: Underground
Mining Method: 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
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Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 93-83, 22P.
Reference (Deposit): BALLY RARE II AREA (NO 5804), TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:
Reference (Deposit): 4, 125 P.
Reference (Deposit): PETERS, T.J., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE WEAVER
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF DIV OF MINES AND GEOL, COUNTY REPT
Reference (Deposit): STARE MINERAL., P. 19.
Reference (Deposit): O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY
Reference (Deposit): ISION, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF MINING BUREAU, 22ND REPT OF THE
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, IN SACRAMENTO FIELD DIV-
Reference (Deposit): COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NF-1657-A.
Reference (Deposit): POTENTIAL MAP OF THE WEAVER BALLY ROADLESS AREA, TRINITY
Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, M.C., J.R., AND PETERS, T.J., 1984, MINERAL RESOURCE
Reference (Deposit): 409.
Reference (Deposit): NESS MINERAL POTENTIAL: US GEOL SURV PROF PAP 1300, P. 407-
Reference (Deposit): ROADLESS AREA, CALIFORNIA, IN MARSH, S.P., ET AL, EDS., WILD
Reference (Deposit): BLAKE, M.C., J.R., AND PETERS, T.J., 1984, WEAVER BALLY
Reference (Deposit): LIFORNIA JOURNAL MINES AND GEOLOGY V.37 NO.1 PG 48,53.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CA
Reference (Deposit): LIFORNIA JOURNAL MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 24-25.
Reference (Deposit): AVRILL, C.V., 1933, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CA
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