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Shotgun Creek 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043691
MRDS ID M100592
Record type Site
Current site name Shotgun Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Gill, Primm and Dougherty Group Noble Electric Steel Company Property.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.39166, 41.05985 (WGS84)
Elevation 342
Relative position APPROX. 20 KM SE OF DUNSMUIR, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Hawk Hill(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N;037N 005W;005W 13;13 SE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LOCATED ON THE POINT OF LAND BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORK OF SHOTGUN CREEK.

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) -122.39166, 41.05985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINE IS LOCATED NEAR EASTERN EDGE OF 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
Discovery year 1895
Year of first production 1895
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Shotgun Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner O'Malley, John A. And Ann C.
    Home office 814 S. Leland St., San Pedro, Ca. 90731
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43.9% Cr2o3, 12.4% Fe, Cr To Fe Ratio 2.3 To 1
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 12wt-pct
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 44wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSISTED OF 4 SMALL OPEN CUTS AND A SHORT ADIT. (1975)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND HAWKES, H. E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P 156-157.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134 PART 1, CHAPT 3, P. 157.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

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

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