| Deposit ID | 10116550 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060930922 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Doe Flat Chromite Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Doe Flat Mine, Comeback Claim |
| Point of reference | Trench |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.66645, 41.82293 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1051 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Siskiyou(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Devils Punchbowl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)
Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Klamath National Forest(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Siskiyou |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 017 N | 005 E | 31 | SE | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Uvarovite | Unknown |
| Trench (1) | -123.66645, 41.82293 |
|---|
| Thickness | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1931 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| District name | Doe Flat Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Homer White And J. D. Hogue-Owners 1931 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Isgrig And Lilley |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1942 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Linkhart And Messenger |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1943 |
| Last year | 1945 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060930922 |
WELLS,F.G.,AND CATER,F.W.,1950 CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.
-127.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINING CONTINUED THROUGH 1945.THEMINE WAS VISTED IN THE FALL 6 AND THE WORKINGS WERE FLOODED. PROBABILTY OF NEW PODS ARE SLIM,BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GLACIAL DEBRIS IN THE AREA. TOTAL SHIPMENT OF 2,398 LONG TONSOF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE GRA ORE IS 35-37 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 9.52 TO 10.09 PERCENT FE. THE IS CR=2.52 TO FE=2.65. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Hayashi | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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