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Quigg Mine

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166012
MRDS ID W025964
MAS/MILS ID 0061090144
Record type Site
Current site name Quigg Mine
Alternate or previous names Chrome Mine #1, Kahl Mine
Related records 10077892

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.4735, 37.96181 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sonora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001 N 014 E 06 NWSESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.4735, 37.96181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 80S
    Thickness 5M
    Length 20M
    Width 3M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N40W:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820614

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1908
Year of first production 1908

Mining district

District name Jamestown Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pann, Karl H.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner W. A. Fitzgerald-Last Operator,1918
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION-1427 METRIC TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 35 PERCENT USBM ANALYSIS FOUND 36.3 PERCENT CR2O3,9.6 PERCENT FE,39.8 P THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF ORE OF CHROMITE IS 38.0 PERCENT MINE IDLE SINCE W.W.1. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 01.86,CR2O3 31.97,FEO 08.88,TOTAL FE 13.68,AL203 31.89,MGO CR/FE 2.06

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 31M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Mining Method PILLAR AND CHAMBER 10-42
    Swell Factor .6
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK FISSURED WITH MODERATE WATER
    Rock Characteristics MULTIPLE SYSTEMS OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. UNSUPPORTING NO FLOW
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER W/LAGGING CONCRETE-UNREINFOR
    Length of Inclines (m) 21
    Slope of Inclines 50
    Number of Inclines 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 10
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER,FW.1948 CR-TUOLUMNE& MARIPOSA CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,P

  • Deposit

    COOPERATIVE WAR MINERALS INVEST IN CAL.TUOLUMNE CO.#25,UNPU

  • Deposit

    MNE CO.,NO.24,UNPUBLISHED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-84 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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