The Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2 is a chromium mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 5,518 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,518 Feet (1,682 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.87194, -120.97778
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Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2
Secondary: Sundown Mining Co. 1943
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
District: Rock Creek Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. R. Patterson, E. V. Spirey
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Melone, James
Home Office: Quincy, Ca
Years: 1943 -
Production
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^38.87% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1940
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE AVG. 38.87% CA2O3, 11.68% FE, CR TO FE RATIO 2.28 TO 1.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE MAY BE SHOWN ON 15 MINUTE QUAD.
Comment (Deposit): CHROMITE MOSTLY FOUND AS FLOAT IN CREEK BOTTOM ON BOTH CLAIMS AND AS CHROMITE SAND IN THE CUTTINGS OF A SERIES OF AUGER HOLES IN AN AREA 18 FT BY 22 FT.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT 5, P. 296
Reference (Deposit): RYHEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 296
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