Bagley Mine

Past Producer in Siskiyou county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263363
MAS/MILS ID 0060930336
Record type Site
Current site name Bagley Mine
Alternate or previous names Josephine, Big Boy, Genesis, Lucky Strike Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.62301, 41.42424 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(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 041 N 007 W 02 S2S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.62301, 41.42424

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 0M
    Length 16M
    Width 36M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N50W:65S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810326

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mount Eddy

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bagley Brothers
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner L. D. Taylor,E. Wheeler,And P. Munko- Leased Summer Of 1943
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,AND CATER,F.W.JR,1950,CDM AND G BULL PT.1,CHAP.2,

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERAL REPT # 83

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1944THE OLD WORKINGS ARE CAVED AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING CANNOT BEESTIMATED. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.