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White Feather Claim

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114136
MRDS ID M007579
MAS/MILS ID 0060150021
Record type Site
Current site name White Feather Claim
Related records 10029804

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.62895, 41.89423 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broken Rib Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Siskiyou Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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
Humboldt 017 N 005 E 04 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.62895, 41.89423
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12M
    Length 90M
    Width 24M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N20W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Bear Ridge

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White, Homer
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1917
  • Type Owner
    Owner F. A. Andrews And C. W. Van Luven-1940
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Baker Bros And Jones Mining Co.-1942
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • AFTER THIS POD WAS MINED OUT, NO OTHER ORE WAS FOUND ACCORDING TO ALLEN,THE ORE ASSAY RAN 37.88 PERCENT CR2O3,12. PERCENT FEO, AND 2.03 PERCENT S102. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,ET AL,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.73

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,J.C.,1952,CAL JOUR MINE AND GEOL.VOL.48,NO.4,P.293

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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