The Mccarty Mine is a chromium mine located in Plumas county, California at an elevation of 4,639 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: 4,639 Feet (1,414 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 39.85528, -120.94194
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Mccarty Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mccarty Mine
Secondary: Jitney Mine World War 1
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Plumas
District: Middle Fork Of Feather River 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: Maxwell, George
Home Office: Virgilia, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1943
Discovery Year: 1915
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: LENSE
Structure
Type: L
Description: Southern Quarter Of Body Offset By A Fault.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partial Alteration Of Host Rock To Serpentine
Rocks
Name: Harzburgite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE 40-48% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF ONE LENTICULAR OR BODY WITH ABOVE DIMENSIONS AND ATTITUDES.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 6-10 FT DEEP (1943)
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED APPROX. 10 FT ABOVE NORMAL HIGH WATER LEVEL ON NE BANK OF MIDDLE FORK, FEATHER RIVER.
Comment (Production): UNREPORTED SHIPMENTS MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BETWEEN 1918-1943.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WWI
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 297
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 299, 31
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