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Lucky Strike Mine

Past Producer in Lake 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260898
MRDS ID M008900
MAS/MILS ID 0060330035
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Mine
Alternate or previous names Lucky Strike
Related records 10030637

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.47687, 38.88128 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 006 W 13 S2SESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.47687, 38.88128
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55W
    Dip 00N
    Thickness 0M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Strike And Dip N55W:00N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820823

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Eastern Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Shepherd-Owned Mine In 1942
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Lessee/Operator
    Owner Anglo-American Mining Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • THIS MINE HAS BEEN THE MOST PRODUCTIVE CHROMITE MINE IN LAKE IT IS CREDITED WITH SHIPMENTS OF BETWEEN 1350 AND 2000 TONS. NO SHIPMENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SINCE 1918. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW,D.H.,AND THAYER,T.P.,1946,CDMAND G BULL 134,PT.2,CHAP.1,

  • Deposit

    ALSO IN SEC. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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Authoritative California resources

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