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Empire Claim

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043484
MRDS ID M100255
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Claim
Alternate or previous names Twin Cedars

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.265, 40.40457 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position APPROX 83 MILES W. OF REDDING, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Naufus Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030N 012W 31 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.265, 40.40457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PORIDOTITE BODIES THAT ARE NW TRENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TO SW TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Indian Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Taylor, L. G.
    Home office Hayfork, Ca
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rourke, John D. (Estate)
    Home office Hayfork, Ca
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lough, E. A.
    Home office Hayfork, Ca
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL TRENCHES (1943).

Comments on development

  • HANA SORTING NEEDED TO PRODUCE GOOD GRADE CHROMITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V.37, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1965, CDMG COUNTY REPORT NO. 4, P. 19, 59.

  • Production

    CDMG COUNTY REPORT NO. 4, P. 19, 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION 127 LT IN 1940-1955. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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