Wolf Creek Claim

The Wolf Creek Claim is a chromium mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 5,240 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Wolf Creek Claim  

State:  California

County:  Plumas

Elevation: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 40.1525, -121.02833

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Wolf Creek Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wolf Creek Claim


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Plumas


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Samuel Altshuler (World War 1)

Owner Name: Naseath, George C.
Home Office: Route 1, Box A77, Greenville, Ca., 95947
Years: 1975 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Year Last Production: 1919
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: POD


Structure

Type: L
Description: Intense Shearing Of The Host Rock Trends N35-50w And Dips 50-70 Sw.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 37.44% CR2O3, CR TO FE RATIO 2.15 TO


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODIES LIE WITHIN AND PARALLEL TO THE PERVASIVE SHEARING OF THE ENCLOSING SERPENTINE. THE WOLF CREEK CLAIM IS ONE OF THREE CLAIMS MAKING UP THE PATENTED GOLD PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE GOLD STRIPES MINE.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A NARROW, SILL-LIKE BODY OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCK THAT TRENDS TO THE NW AND IS IN CONTACT WITH THE ABOVE TWO FORMATIONS.

Comment (Commodity): NO ANALYSIS MADE OF ORE FROM THIS DEPOSIT. ABOVE ANALYSIS OF ORE MINED FROM AN ADJACENT DEPOSIT.

Comment (Location): WORKINGS LIE NEAR AN INTERSECTION OF FOX ROAD AND A SPUR OF THE RUSH HILL MOTORWAY.


References

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 287-288.

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Reference (Production): RYNEARSON, 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 287-288.


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