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Holiday Mine

Past Producer in Del Norte 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. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187446
MRDS ID W023554
MAS/MILS ID 0060150068
Record type Site
Current site name Holiday Mine
Alternate or previous names Holiday Group, Holiday Chrome Mine, High Dome Claim
Related records 10076514

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.86586, 41.94702 (WGS84)
Elevation 777
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018 N 003 E 20 NENWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 4M
    Length 40M
    Width 12M
    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
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N10W:60E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Patrick Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Tulare, L. V.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .6
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1976
  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Swell Factor .6
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN,JC 1951,DEL NORTE CO.,CAL JOUR MINES & GEOL VOL 48,NO

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG 1946.DEL NORTE CO. CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT1,CH1,

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE GRADE OF 1885 LONG TONS OF LUMP ORE SHIPPED DURING 1 N 48.3% CR2O3,CR/FE=2.8 TOTAL PRODUCTION IN THE 50S WAS 242 TONS-1885 LUMP & 535 MILLING GRADE-INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MAT DEVELOPMENT OR COSTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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