| Deposit ID | 10262495 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W025233 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060890009 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Little Castle Creek Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Brown |
| Related records | 10111071 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.303, 41.18235 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 975 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Shasta(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dunsmuir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)
Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Shasta |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 038 N | 004 W | 02 | W2 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Uvarovite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -122.303, 41.18235 |
|---|
| Thickness | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 564M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 18M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 40HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 99999M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1896 |
| Year of first production | 1906 |
| District name | Shotgun Creek Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|
| Ownership category | State Park |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mernice Johnson |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060890009 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W025233 | MAS references MRDS |
WELLS FG HAWKES HE 1965 CALIF STATE BULL 134-PART-I-CHAPT 3
MATSON EJ 1941 LITTLE CSLE CRK PROJ NO 208 USBM WFOC MIN PRO
MATSON EJ 1949 LTLE CSLE CRK DEPT USBM REPT OF INVEST NO 451
HAWK HC 1951 USGS BULL 973-A PAGES 1-23
LYDON PA 1974 CALIF CO RPT NO 6 CALIF DIV MINES AND GEOLOGY
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 3-75 CHROME TO IRON RATIO APPROXIMATES 2 TO 1 ALTERATION IS LOW TO MODERATE SERPENIZATION OF THE DUNITE PRIMARY TYPE OF ORE BODY IS MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATE CAP EQUIP 30M WORK CAP 10M LEAD TIME 3MOS ACQ-0:EXP-0:DEV-0 MINE IS ALMOST MINED OUT CUSTOM MILL CHARGE - CONTRACT MINING CR/FE 3.75.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 02.90,CR2O3 51.15,FEO 12.19 FE 18.01,AL203 12.28,MGO 16.58,CR/FE 2.50. DEPOSIT MINED OUT. NO RECENT ACTIVITY. JOHN BURNETT CA DIV. MINES AND GEOL. PERS COMM WITH USBM, SEPT 1984 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 26-FEB-1992 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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