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Low Gap Claim, Collins Group

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095693
MRDS ID M100595
Record type Site
Current site name Low Gap Claim, Collins Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.07639, 40.38596 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 3 MILES SW OF WILDWOOD, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Nw 1/4 Sect 11

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildwood(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 029N 011W 11 NW 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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.07639, 40.38596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Hay Fork Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CDMG BULL. 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 182-184

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF THREE OPEN CUTS THAT EXPOSE THE ORE FOR 90 FT ALONG STRIKE.

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 15-20 LT SHIPPING ORE STACKED ON DUMPS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND HAWKES, H. E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT 3, P. 169, 172, 182-184

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE IS VERTICAL, STRIKES N 5 W, PINCHES AND SWELLS, AND MAY WIDEN WITH DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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