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Forest Queen 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. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103904
MRDS ID M100210
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Gray Eagle, North Star No. 1, Bull Dog, Mammoth, Black Bird, Rattlesnake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43832, 41.05152 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position APPROX. 10 MILES SOUTH 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 027N;037N;037N 005W;005W;005W 02;02;02 NW OF NW OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON STEEP, NORTH FACING SLOPE NEAR TOP OF A NW TRENDING RIDGE ALONG SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH FORK OF SHOTGUN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSES OF CHROMITE SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 42.9% CR2O3
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.1 TO 1
Result 13.8% FE

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) -122.43832, 41.05152
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 45 NW
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICAL 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 1908
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Shotgun Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Orsini
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bones, John L. And Helen
    Home office 1735 Riviera Dr., Redding, Ca. 96001
    First year 1976

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period Pre 1916
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 43wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Ore Chromium Chromium 43wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL CAVED ADITS AND OPEN PITS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH DEBRIS. (1975)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 144, 156, 158, 141.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134 PART 1 CHAPT. 3 P. 144; STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT UNPUBLISHED.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS STOPED FOR 150 FT. IN LENGTH AND 100 FT. IN DEPTH.
Deposit TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION ABOUT 1900 LT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
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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