The Mueller Mine is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 3,550 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: 3,550 Feet (1,082 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 40.51806, -123.11944
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Mueller Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mueller Mine
Secondary: Layman
Secondary: Horseshoe
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Hayfork
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: L
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
Analytical Data: $7/TON IN GOLD. AMOUNTED TO 1/3 OF ORE. BALANCE WAS IN SULFIDES FREE GOLD IN SMALLER VEIN TO SE FROM $30-$50/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND. MOST OF ORE WAS MILLED AND TREATED BY AMALGAMATION
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT LEVEL ON GOLD HILL CLAIM, 400 FT. LONG, 320 FT. ON VEIN; 2 RAISES TO SURFACE., LARGEST 140 FT. ON DIP OF VEIN. ON VEIN TO SE, ADIT STRIKES CROSSCUT VEIN APPROX. 50 FT. BELOW SURFACE, 50 FT. OF DRIFTING. SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF ADITS DRIVEN ON SIMILAR CROSS-VEINS ON SOUTHERLY END OF PROPERTY. MILLSITE.
Comment (Deposit): FISSURE VEINS WITH GOUGE FILLING OF CRUSHED QUARTZ AND COUNTRY ROCK. VEIN IN MAIN ADIT LEVEL AVG. 4 FT. THICK. SHOOT OF BETTER THAN AVERAGE ORE OCCURED IN 140 FT. RAISE. CROSS VEIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE TO SE. CONTAINS STRANDS OF QUARTZ UP TO 16 IN. THICK.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. 2 LOCATIONS. UTM TAKEN FOR MUELLER CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES GOLD HILL, GOLD HILL NO. 1, OVERSIGHT FRACTION, BLACK BESS, BLACK BESS EXTENSION, SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE EXTENSION AND RED BOY. UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN SURVEYED, 15 ADDITIONAL UNPATENTED CLAIMS. ; 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. 49-50.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1922, TRINITY COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 18, P. 600
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