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