Kingsbury Gulch

The Kingsbury Gulch is a gold mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,953 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

Name: Kingsbury Gulch  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

Elevation: 2,953 Feet (900 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 40.50861, -123.14444

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Kingsbury Gulch MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kingsbury Gulch


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum


Location

State: California
County: Trinity
District: Trinity River (Hayfork) Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Producer
Deposit Type: Stream Placer
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

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: PT:AU=1 OZ/$750 (1:36.28) (LOGAN)
Analytical Data: AU:PT=4:1 (SPENCER)


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): PART OF KINGSBURY GULCH IS WITHIN TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST. PARTLY UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT JUNCTION OF EAST AND NORTH FORKS KINGSBURY GULCH NEAR LODE GOLD MINES. EXACT LOCATION OF PLACERING IS UNKNOWN BUT LIKELY TOOK PLACE ALONG MUCH OF THE GULCH

Comment (Commodity): PT FINE AND FLAKY

Comment (Workings): HYDRAULIC


References

Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1919, PLATINUM AND ALLIED METALS IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 85, P. 92.

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. 29.

Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B., 1970, PLATINUM: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL INFORMATION SERVICE, V. 23, NO. 6, P. 116.

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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