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Coggins 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10286894
MAS/MILS ID 0060930277
Record type Site
Current site name Coggins Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.293, 41.18765 (WGS84)
Elevation 840
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

Dunsmuir(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038 N 004 W 02 NWNWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.293, 41.18765
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 10W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 42M
    Width 9M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N10W:10W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Little Castle Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coggins, Arthur L.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Rustless Mining Co
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 3938 TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE TOO SMALL FOR COSTING MASSIVE ORE RAN 38-47 PERCENT CR2O3,12 PERCENT S102,AND CR/F OF 2.4 TO 1. LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE MAY HAVE TOO HIGH IRON CONTENT FO ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 04.00,CR2O3 49.33, FEO 14.80, TOTAL FE 17.69, AL203 11.34, MGO CR/FE 2.46. DISSEMINATED ORE, SMALLORBS=S102 4.80,CR2O3 38.36, 53, TOTAL FE 20.73, AL203 11.34,MGO11.61,CR/FE 2.10.DISSEMINAT LARGE ORBS=S102 2.70, CR2O3 54.08, FEO 12.57, TOTAL FE 15.44, AL 28, MGO 14.51, CR/FE 3.08. DISSEMINATED ORE,EAST PROSPECT=S102 203 51.16, FEO 12.82, TOTAL FE 15.44, AL203 12.28, MGO 14.92,CR/

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 44,1943,COGGINS CHROMITE MINE, 8 PP

  • Deposit

    USRM RI 4587,1949,INVESTIGATION OF COGGINS CHROMITE MINE 9 P

  • Deposit

    CDM BULL.134,PT.1,CH.3,1950,CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SHATA CO ET

  • Deposit

    .153-156,PLATE 21.

  • Deposit

    CJMG VOL.43,NO.4,1947,MINES AND MIN.RESOURCES SISKIYOU CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COGGINS PROPERTY AT N410910/W1221930, T38N-R04W, SEC 16, IN SHASTA CT. SEE SEQ# 006089

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-1996 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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