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Forest Queen

Past Producer in Shasta 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 10238141
MRDS ID W025263
MAS/MILS ID 0060890267
Record type Site
Current site name Forest Queen
Alternate or previous names Grey Eagle, Union Forest Queen
Related records 10077563

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.4383, 41.05155 (WGS84)
Elevation 1460
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 037 N 005 W 22 NWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalk Unknown
Chlorite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.4383, 41.05155
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 70W
    Thickness 10M
    Length 100M
    Width 25M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N40E:70W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820720

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name South Fork Shotgun Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John And Helen Bones
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ua Orisini Last Operator 1954
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 72M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock SOFT NONPLASTIC WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Length of Inclines (m) 12
    Number of Inclines 2
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 21
    Number of Adits 4
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY,WW ET AL 1918. CAL MINING BUR BULL 76 PP 181-182

  • Deposit

    LYDON,PA & JC OBRIEN 1974 SHASTACO REPORT CDMG CO REPT 6,PP

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG & HE HAWKES 1965 CDMG BULL 134,PT 1,CHAP 3 P 158

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RAN 35.5-50 PERCENT CR2O3, 11.63-14.8 PERCENT FE, CR/F 2.27. PRODUCTION THROUGH 1954 TOTALS 1880 LONG TONS. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.32,CR2O3 43.85,FEO 14.04,TOTAL FE 15.44,AL203 18.89,MGO CR/FE 2.50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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