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Quigg Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043706
MRDS ID M100611
Record type Site
Current site name Quigg Mine
Alternate or previous names Kahl Mine 1908

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.4735, 37.96185 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Relative position APPROX. 2 MILES W. OF JAMESTOWN, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 014E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON NORTH FACING SLOPE OF A LOWHILL SITUATED APPROX. 650 M SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF FRENCH FLAT AND WILLIAMSON ROADS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USBM ANALYSIS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinized Host Rock

Analytical data

Result 36.3% CR2O3
Result 9.6% FE
Result 39.8% AL2O3
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.63 TO 1.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Mariposa
    Rock description Mariposa
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.4735, 37.96185
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 80 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EASTERNMOST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA OF 3 KM BY 1.5 KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1908
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Jamestown Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pann, Karl H.
    Home office 279 E. Summit Ave., Sonora, Ca. 95370

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE LARGE PIT AND SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS AND PROSPECTS (1975).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 2, P. 12,13.

  • Production

    STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGEST IRREGULAR LENSE HAS ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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