The Forest Queen Mine is a chromium mine located in Shasta 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: 41.05167, -122.43722
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Forest Queen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forest Queen Mine
Secondary: Claims: Gray Eagle
Secondary: North Star No. 1
Secondary: Bull Dog
Secondary: Mammoth
Secondary: Black Bird
Secondary: Rattlesnake
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Shotgun Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bones, John L. And Helen
Home Office: 1735 Riviera Dr., Redding, Ca. 96001
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: W. A. Orsini
Production
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3
Year: 1916
Time Period: Pre 1916
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1895
Discovery Method: 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
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREG
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 13.8% FE
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.1 TO 1
Analytical Data: 42.9% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON STEEP, NORTH FACING SLOPE NEAR TOP OF A NW TRENDING RIDGE ALONG SOUTH SIDE OF THE SOUTH FORK OF SHOTGUN CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): ORE WAS STOPED FOR 150 FT. IN LENGTH AND 100 FT. IN DEPTH.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL CAVED ADITS AND OPEN PITS PARTIALLY FILLED WITH DEBRIS. (1975)
Comment (Deposit): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION ABOUT 1900 LT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSES OF CHROMITE SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.
Comment (Geology): CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICAL STRUCTURE THAT OCCURRES IN THE NW CORNER OF THE COUNTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 144, 156, 158, 141.
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134 PART 1 CHAPT. 3 P. 144; STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT UNPUBLISHED.
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