Doe Flat Chromite Mine

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10116550
MAS/MILS ID 0060930922
Record type Site
Current site name Doe Flat Chromite Mine
Alternate or previous names Doe Flat Mine, Comeback Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.66645, 41.82293 (WGS84)
Elevation 1051
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Punchbowl(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Siskiyou 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
Humboldt 017 N 005 E 31 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.66645, 41.82293

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 800811

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1931
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Doe Flat Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Homer White And J. D. Hogue-Owners 1931
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Isgrig And Lilley
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1942
  • Type Operator
    Owner Linkhart And Messenger
    Year 1976
    First year 1943
    Last year 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,AND CATER,F.W.,1950 CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.

  • Deposit

    -127.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING CONTINUED THROUGH 1945.THEMINE WAS VISTED IN THE FALL 6 AND THE WORKINGS WERE FLOODED. PROBABILTY OF NEW PODS ARE SLIM,BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GLACIAL DEBRIS IN THE AREA. TOTAL SHIPMENT OF 2,398 LONG TONSOF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE GRA ORE IS 35-37 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 9.52 TO 10.09 PERCENT FE. THE IS CR=2.52 TO FE=2.65. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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