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Bar-Rick Mine

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043427
MRDS ID M100184
Record type Site
Current site name Bar-Rick Mine
Alternate or previous names Buckskin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.94476, 41.66093 (WGS84)
Relative position APPROX. 26 MILES FROM CRESCENT CITY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canthook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 002E 28 NE OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • TO REACH MINE, TAKE HIGHWAY 199 10 MILES TO MYRTLE CREEK, 8 MILES ON GRADED ROAD ALONG SOUTH FORK OF SMITH RIVER TO ROCK CREEK, THEN OVER ROUGH MINING ROAD ON LITTLE RATTLESNAK MTN. ABOUT 8 MILES TO THE MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONC. AVERAGED 43.1% CR2O3, 12.6% FE, CR/FE 2.4. LUMP ORE AVERAGED 42% CR2O3, 12% FE, CR/FE 2.5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.94476, 41.66093
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form POD IRREGULAR LENSE
    Length 548.64M
    Width 426.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Discoverer C.H. Mcclendon
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Little Rattlesnake Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mc Clendon, C. H.
    Home office P.O. Box 61, Crescent City, Ca., 95531, Phone 707-464-2809

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS 810 LONG TONS OF MILLING ORE WICH PRODUCED 290 LONG TONS OF CONCENTRATES AND 80 LONG TONS OF LUMP ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STINSON, M.C., 1975

Comments on development

  • DEL NORTE COUNTY ASSESSOR ALSO LISTS THE INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT CO., CRESCENT CITY, CA., AS OWNER OF PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 750 FT. DIFFERENCE IN ELEVATION OF DEPOSIT. HIGH GRADE ORE ORIGINALLY DISCOVERED ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK, EXPOSED IN TOW LENSED TRENDING APPROX. N80W AND SIDE. SURFACE EXPOSURES VARIED IN WIDTH FROM 4.5 FT. TO 8 IN. AND EXTENDED, APPROX. 24 FT. IN EACH DIRECTION. LOW GRADE ORE INTERMIXED WITH HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK, EXPOSED BY EROSION OVER AN AREA OF APPROX. 450 FT WIDE BY 1000 FT. LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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