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Kangaroo Mountain Deposit

Prospect 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. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116524
MRDS ID W025616
MAS/MILS ID 0060930034
Record type Site
Current site name Kangaroo Mountain Deposit
Alternate or previous names Kubli-Scott Claim, Anniversary Claim, Mcguire
Related records 10077721

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.19424, 41.92123 (WGS84)
Elevation 1853
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

Kangaroo Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Red Buttes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 047 N 012 W 13 NENWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.19424, 41.92123
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 54M
    Width 12M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    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 N00S:60W
    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
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mining district

District name Seiad Ck-Rd Bte

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Ew Kubli And Cc Stearns (Last Operators
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION IS ONGOING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1949
    Measured 225mt ore
    Indicated 1649mt ore
    Demonstrated 1874mt ore
    Inferred 4950mt ore
    Total resources 6824mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 5 wt-pct Chromium Trace 1949

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-HILLSIDE
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,JC 1954 CAL DIV MINES FIELD REPORT,SISKIYOU CO.NO.42

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG,& CATER,FW 1950. SISK.COCAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT1,

  • Deposit

    110 WELLS,FG ET&AL,1949 CR DEPSTS-SEIAD-MCGUFFY,USGS BULL 9

  • Deposit

    44-45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED OR ASSAYED, BUT ORE FROM NEARBY DEPOSITS CONTAIN ABOUT 54 PERCENT CR2O3,14 PERCENT FE. ORE RESERVES ESTIMATES FROM RECORD 702. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 01.21,CR2O3 57.00,FEO 09.98,TOTAL FE 18.01,AL203 08.9 8.12,CR/FE 2.79.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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