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Lucky Strike Mine

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043449
MRDS ID M100214
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.37277, 41.17041 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 4KM. SOUTH OF DUNSMUIR, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sect. 7

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(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)

Federal lands

Shasta-Trinity National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Castle Crags Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 004W 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

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) -122.37277, 41.17041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH ON 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
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Little Castle Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pollock, F. S.
    First year 1965
  • Type Owner
    Owner P. Munko And L. D. Taylor
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 145, 148, 149

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT.1, CHAPT. 3, P. 145, 148, 149

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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