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Mccarty Mine

Past Producer in Plumas 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  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 10043616
MRDS ID M100410
Record type Site
Current site name Mccarty Mine
Alternate or previous names Jitney Mine World War 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.94298, 39.85516 (WGS84)
Elevation 1414
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sect. 14.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 009E 14 CENTER California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED APPROX. 10 FT ABOVE NORMAL HIGH WATER LEVEL ON NE BANK OF MIDDLE FORK, FEATHER RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial Alteration Of Host Rock To Serpentine

Analytical data

Result ORE 40-48% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.94298, 39.85516
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Southern Quarter Of Body Offset By A Fault.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N
    Dip 80 W
    Length 24.38M
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Discoverer Thomas Mcarty, Quincy, Ca.
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Middle Fork Of Feather River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maxwell, George
    Home office Virgilia, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • UNREPORTED SHIPMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN 1918-1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 6-10 FT DEEP (1943)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 299, 31

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 297

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WWI
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ONE LENTICULAR OR BODY WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND ATTITUDES.

Reporter information

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

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