Quigg Mine

The Quigg Mine is a chromium mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,450 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: Quigg Mine  

State:  California

County:  Tuolumne

Elevation: 1,450 Feet (442 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 37.96194, -120.47250

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Quigg Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Quigg Mine
Secondary: Kahl Mine 1908


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown Area


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: Pann, Karl H.
Home Office: 279 E. Summit Ave., Sonora, Ca. 95370


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1918
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

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinized Host Rock


Rocks

Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Dunite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.63 TO 1.
Analytical Data: 39.8% AL2O3
Analytical Data: 9.6% FE
Analytical Data: 36.3% CR2O3


Materials

Ore: Chromite


Comments

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EASTERNMOST OF TWO SERPENTINE BELTS THAT TREND NW-SE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE BELT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA OF 3 KM BY 1.5 KM.

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON NORTH FACING SLOPE OF A LOWHILL SITUATED APPROX. 650 M SOUTH OF THE JUNCTION OF FRENCH FLAT AND WILLIAMSON ROADS.

Comment (Commodity): USBM ANALYSIS

Comment (Deposit): LARGEST IRREGULAR LENSE HAS ABOVE STRIKE AND DIP.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE LARGE PIT AND SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS AND PROSPECTS (1975).


References

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W. JR., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 2, P. 12,13.

Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED


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