Mekel-Fields Property

The Mekel-Fields Property is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 6,348 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: Mekel-Fields Property  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

Elevation: 6,348 Feet (1,935 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.80778, -122.99417

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Mekel-Fields Property MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Mekel-Fields Property


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

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: LENSES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED $37/TON IN GOLD


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Deposit): VEINS 18 IN. THICK. VERTICAL TO STEEPLY DIPPING. LENSES TO 35 FT. IN LENGTH. SAID TO BE TRACEABLE FOR 2000 FT.

Comment (Workings): RAISE FROM 230 FT. ADIT LEVEL; SHALLOW PITS. LOWEST ADIT LEVEL FOLLOWS VEIN VEIN N75E. 3 OTHER ADITS 50 FT. BELOW LATTER.

Comment (Commodity): PANNED WELL IN FINE, FREE GOLD

Comment (Location): UTM EST. W 1/2 15. MORE THAN 1 LOCATION

Comment (Production): BEST PRODUCTION SAID TO BE NEAR PORTAL, WHERE $2500 WAS EXTRACTED FROM HOLE 2 FT. DEEP ON VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION DATA FOUND.

Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS, LONE STAR, KLONDIKE AND GENERAL LEE ; 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. 48

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 2, P. 132

Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1933, GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REDDING AND WEAVERVILLE, QUADRANGLES: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 29, P. 24-25

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1926, TRINITY COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, NO. 1, P. 19-20

Reference (Production): LOGAN (1926)


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