The Peg Leg Mine is a chromium mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.63, -122.72750
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Peg Leg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peg Leg Mine
Secondary: Lambert
Secondary: Chrome King
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Rhodium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Basil Wood
Years: 1950 -
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^57.17% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Form: LENSES, PODS, AND STRINGERS OF MASSIVE ORE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Sharp Fault Striking N70-75w, Dipping 20-30n
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH=21 PPB. CR:FE=3.45:1.
Analytical Data: RU=650 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=170 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=<1 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=<10 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Location): IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. ON SOUTH BANK OF MOFFETT CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE COLLECTION SITE. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS ESTIMATE OF MINE LOCATION, WHICH IS GIVEN AS MOUTH OF NORTH FLOWING CREEK AT MOFFETT CREEK; UTM FOR THIS IS 4608690N, 522540E
Comment (Deposit): LARGEST LENS HAD 155 TONS OF ORE
Comment (Workings): LARGE OPEN CUT, 250-300 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., AND CATER, F.W., JR., 1950, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 2, P. 112-113.
Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.
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