The Black Eagle is a chromium mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 4,800 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: 4,800 Feet (1,463 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.93083, -123.16083
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Black Eagle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Rhodium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Seiad Creek-Red Butte 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: Stanton, Mrs. W. P.
Years: 1945 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: 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: HIGH-GRADE BANDS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RH=27 PPB.
Analytical Data: PD=19 PPB
Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=44 PPB
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): HIGH GRADE LAYERS RUN 54-79% CR2O3 BUT COULD NOT BE EXTRACTED INDIVIDUALLY
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN KLAMATH NATIONAL FOREST. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG ARE ESTIMATED BASED OF SPOT LOCATION SHOWN IN WELLS AND CATER; UTM COORDINATES 4641890N, 486650E
Comment (Production): NO KNOWN PRODUCTION
Comment (Deposit): ORE FORMS BANDS IN HOST ROCKS, ALTERNATING LAYERS OF HIGH-GRADE CHROMITE WITH LAYERS OF LOW-GRADE ROCK. THE HIGH-GRADE BANDS ARE 1/4-3 IN. THICK. DEPOSIT IS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF A STEEP GULLY.
References
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.
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. 99, 118.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., SMITH, C.T., RYNEARSON, G.H., AND LIVERMORE, J.S., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SEIAD AND MCGUFFY CREEKS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-B, P. 46-47.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, J.E., 1941, GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF THE CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 37, NO. 1, P. 124.
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