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Wolf Creek Claim

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10043621
MRDS ID M100421
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.02938, 40.15237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1597
Relative position 12 MILES W OF GREENVILLE, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyondam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Almanor(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Susanville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North 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
027N 008E 36 NE OF SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LIE NEAR AN INTERSECTION OF FOX ROAD AND A SPUR OF THE RUSH HILL MOTORWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO ANALYSIS MADE OF ORE FROM THIS DEPOSIT. ABOVE ANALYSIS OF ORE MINED FROM AN ADJACENT DEPOSIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 37.44% CR2O3, CR TO FE RATIO 2.15 TO

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 Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Arlington;Shoo Fly
    Rock description Arlington;Shoo Fly

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.02938, 40.15237
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Shearing Of The Host Rock Trends N35-50w And Dips 50-70 Sw.

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A NARROW, SILL-LIKE BODY OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCK THAT TRENDS TO THE NW AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE TWO FORMATIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1916
Year of last production 1919

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Samuel Altshuler (World War 1)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Naseath, George C.
    Home office Route 1, Box A77, Greenville, Ca., 95947
    First year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 287-288.

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

  • Production

    RYNEARSON, 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 287-288.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES LIE WITHIN AND PARALLEL TO THE PERVASIVE SHEARING OF THE ENCLOSING SERPENTINE. THE WOLF CREEK CLAIM IS ONE OF THREE CLAIMS MAKING UP THE PATENTED GOLD PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE GOLD STRIPES MINE.

Reporter information

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

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