The Junction City is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California.
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
Junction City MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Junction City
Secondary: Bergin Placer
Secondary: Laws
Secondary: Eldorado
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. CASTRO AND OTHERS
Info Year: 1939
Owner Name: JUNCTION CITY MINING CO.
Info Year: 1938
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: District
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: STREAM PLACER
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer Au-PGE
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1941, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 37, NO. 1, P. 25-26.
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1938, GOLD DREDGING IN SHASTA, SISKIYOU, AND TRINITY COUNTIES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 2, P. 117.
Reference (Deposit): SPENCER, C.H., JR., 1971, STATISTICAL CORRELATION OF PLATINUM METALS WITH HEAVY MINERALS IN STREAM SEDIMENTS OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS, P. 33.
Reference (Deposit): DAY, D.T. AND RICHARDS, R.H., 1906, USEFUL MINERALS IN THE BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES, CALENDAR YEAR 1905, P. 1190-1191.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W. B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMAITON SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 115-123.
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, GOLD DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 193, P. 143-144.
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