Angela Chromite Mine

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109759
MRDS ID M100182
Record type Site
Current site name Angela Chromite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.97894, 41.86732 (WGS84)
Elevation 460
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER NW 1/4 SECT. 17.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 017N 002E 17 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESSIBLE FROM GASQUET BY 2 MILES OF TRUCK TRAIL. ALSO SEE PLATE 1, REF. NO. 1.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinezation Of Saxonite And Dunite

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.97894, 41.86732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gasquet Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Wisston, Gasquet, Ca.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 4 SMALL OPEN CUTS EXTENDING ALONG A N40W LINE FOR 150FT. CUTS ARE BADLY CAVED

Comments on development

  • MINED DURING W.W.I.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF. : CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART1, CHAPT. 1, P.24, 46

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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.

Authoritative California resources

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