The Doe Flat Chromite Mine is a mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,448 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,448 Feet (1,051 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.8231, -123.66530
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Doe Flat Chromite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Doe Flat Chromite Mine
Secondary: Doe Flat Mine
Secondary: Comeback Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Doe Flat 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Linkhart And Messenger
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1943 - 1945
Owner Name: Isgrig And Lilley
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1942 -
Owner Name: Homer White And J. D. Hogue-Owners 1931
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1931
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MINING CONTINUED THROUGH 1945.THEMINE WAS VISTED IN THE FALL 6 AND THE WORKINGS WERE FLOODED. PROBABILTY OF NEW PODS ARE SLIM,BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GLACIAL DEBRIS IN THE AREA. TOTAL SHIPMENT OF 2,398 LONG TONSOF ORE WAS SHIPPED. THE GRA ORE IS 35-37 PERCENT CR2O3,AND 9.52 TO 10.09 PERCENT FE. THE IS CR=2.52 TO FE=2.65. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,F.G.,AND CATER,F.W.,1950 CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.
Reference (Deposit): -127.
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