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Lost Dog Mine

Past Producer in Trinity county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  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 10043495
MRDS ID M100269
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Dog Mine
Alternate or previous names Maringer Mime, Tule Creek Chrome Mine.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.20861, 40.49652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 80 MILES W. OF REDDING, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sect. 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubakella Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031N 012W 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.20861, 40.49652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 6.1M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PERIDOTITE BODIES THAT ARE NW TRENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TO SW TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Frank Maringer

Mining district

District name Indian Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Maringer, Frank (Maringer Chrome Mine)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cottrill, Alvin (Lost Dog Mine)
    Home office Redding, Ca
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rourke Estate, John D. (Tule Creek Mine)
    Home office Hayfork, Ca

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS OF THE MARINGER CHROME MINE CONSISTED OF A 30FT. INCLINED SHAFT (1974).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 19

  • Production

    CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE BODY OF ABOVE DIMENSIONS EXPOSED IN 30 FT SHAFT IN MARINGER MINE (1941).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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