Cleveland Mine

The Cleveland Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,375 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

Name: Cleveland Mine  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

Elevation: 2,375 Feet (724 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.54639, -122.78028

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Cleveland Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cleveland Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic


Location

State: California
County: Trinity
District: Indian Creek


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

Form: PINCH-SWELL


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): ORE WAS DESCRIBED AS LOW GRADE AND BASE AS DEPTH WAS ATTAINED

Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. FREE-MILLING ORE FOUND AT OUTCROPS.

Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEIN, FEW FT.-20 FT. THICK, AVG. 8-10 FT. EXPOSURE OF ANOTHER OR THE SAME VEIN FOUND ON JERUSALEM CREEK, 2000 FT. LOWER IN ELEVATION.

Comment (Workings): NO. 1 ADIT 140 FT. LONG, 60 FT. WINZE AND STOPING OF 6 FT. THICKNESS OF QUARTZ. NO. 2 ADIT 150 FT. LOWER AND 400 FT. LONG. NO. 3 ADIT, 50 FT. BELOW, 425 FT. LONG WITH STOPING, 75 FT. WINZE. NO. 4 TUNNEL, 258 FT. BELOW NO. 3, IS 820 FT. LONG, MILLSITE.

Comment (Geology): SMALL LENS OF LIMESTONE WAS NOTED IN AREA. VEIN DISTURBED BY FAULT IN FACE OF TUNNEL NO. 3.

Comment (Deposit): PATENTED, 800 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


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. 887

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE QUADRANGLES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 18-19

Reference (Deposit): CRAWFORD, J.J., 1896, THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 13, P. 442


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