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S & W Mine

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166278
MAS/MILS ID 0060930638
Record type Site
Current site name S & W Mine
Alternate or previous names Lutrell Mine, La Tourell Mine, Littrell Mine, Moffett Creek Northern Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.72752, 41.63674 (WGS84)
Elevation 1163
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yreka(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 044 N 008 W 26 SENENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.72752, 41.63674
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 10M
    Length 150M
    Width 90M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N65W:75S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 780831

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Fort Jones-Moffet

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Jack Hottendorf (Last Operator)
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 70M
    Overall depth 10M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Number of Shafts 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 10
    Number of Adits 5
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN,JE;1941 37 REPORT ST.MINERALOGIST P.126-128,154

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG & CATER,FW,1950 CAC DIVMINES BULL 134,PT2, CHAP2,P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit S&W MINE PRODUCED 120 LONG TONS LUMP ORE CONCENTRATES 1955- SIBLY PRODUCED ADDITIONAL 205 TONS 1953-4. ENTIRE MOFFETT CREEK GROUP ING PEG LEG MINE) HAS PRODUCED 750 TONS. S&W ORE RUNS APPROX CENT CR208, 114 PERCENT FE,CR/FE=3.1. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E,UPPER WORKINGS=S102 03.60,CR2O352.62,FEO 10.87,TOTAL FE 15 03 11.81,MGO 15.75 CR/FE 3.00,DISSEMINATED ORE,LOWER WORKING 4.50,CR2O3 48.23,FEO 13.93,TOTAL FE 15.44,AL203 12.76,MGO 14 FE 2.75.

Reporter information

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

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