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Hole In the Ground

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029615
MRDS ID M007280
Record type Site
Current site name Hole In the Ground
Alternate or previous names Sarina, Lucky Queen Gold Claim
Related records 10163025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.01227, 41.95343 (WGS84)
Elevation 421
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI SOUTH OF OREGON BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 001E 12,13 NE4 (12); SW4 OF NW4 (13) California

Comments on the location information

  • IN SIX RIVERS NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR WESTERN OF TWO ADIT SYMBOLS SHOWN IN SEC. 13 ON TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=28 PPB
Result PD=11 PPB
Result IR=55 PPB
Result RU=200 PPB
Result RH=12 PPB. CR:FE=2.61:1.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.01227, 41.95343
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Intense Shearing

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magamtic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS NEAR CONTACT OF JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE AND FRANCISCAN FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Smith River Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. Barton, John Johnson
    First year 1951
  • Type Owner
    Owner Robert Sarina
    First year 1952

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Ave 39.9% Cr2o3, Cr:Fe=2.61:1
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 40wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADIT SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 32.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1952, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 48, NO. 4, P. 273, 289.

  • Production

    WELLS AND OTHERS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTION OF ORE GIVEN, PRESUMED TO BE PODS OR STRINGERS
Deposit SEE ALSO: MRDS MP00066.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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