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Lady Gray Claim

Past Producer in Siskiyou 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262987
MAS/MILS ID 0060931151
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Gray Claim
Alternate or previous names Lady Gray Nelson Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.04253, 41.71623 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scott Bar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Siskiyou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 045 N 010 W 30 NWSESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.04253, 41.71623
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 1M
    Length 60M
    Width 15M
    Area 1HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N30W:80E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Mc Guffy Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Russ Hogue 1958-Last Operator
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM LADY GRAY APPROXIMATELY 2300 LONG TON LL ORE. COMPUTED AVERAGE GRADE 48.74 PERCENT CR2O3. 13.85 PE FE,2.41 TO 2 CR/FE RATIO. ORE EXPOSED IN FACE AND ROOF OF UPPER LEVEL ADITS,1975. ESTIMATED RESERVES 1000 LONG TONS OF MILLING ORE AVERAGING 25 T CR2O3. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 02.20, CR2O3 54.08, FEO 10.16, TOTAL FE 13.10, AL203 14.1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C.D.M&G BULL 134,PT1 KLAMATH MNTSCHAP 2,PP.102&117,1950,NELL

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S.BULL 948-B STRATEGIC MINERAL INVEST PP.55-62,1949,WE

  • Deposit

    WRITTEN COMMUNICATION--D.R.MORONGY TO CAL DIV OF MINES 1959?

Reporter information

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

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