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Hearst Property

Past Producer in Shasta 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043446
MRDS ID M100211
Record type Site
Current site name Hearst Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.31082, 41.18707 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES SOUTH OF DUNSMUIR, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Ne Quarter Sect. 3.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunsmuir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 004W 03 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON RIDGE TOP 1000 FT SW OF LITTLE CASTLE CREEK MINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnetite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.31082, 41.18707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE THAT OCCURRES IN THE NW CORNER OF THE COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Castle Creek Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 150-151, 153

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 150-151

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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