The Quigg Mine is a mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,450 Feet (442 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9619, -120.47250
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Quigg Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quigg Mine
Secondary: Chrome Mine #1
Secondary: Kahl Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: 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
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. A. Fitzgerald-Last Operator,1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Pann, Karl H.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1908
Discovery Year: 1908
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
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: Uvarovite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Enstatite
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION-1427 METRIC TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 35 PERCENT USBM ANALYSIS FOUND 36.3 PERCENT CR2O3,9.6 PERCENT FE,39.8 P THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF ORE OF CHROMITE IS 38.0 PERCENT MINE IDLE SINCE W.W.1. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 01.86,CR2O3 31.97,FEO 08.88,TOTAL FE 13.68,AL203 31.89,MGO CR/FE 2.06
References
Reference (Deposit): MNE CO.,NO.24,UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Deposit): COOPERATIVE WAR MINERALS INVEST IN CAL.TUOLUMNE CO.#25,UNPU
Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW.1948 CR-TUOLUMNE& MARIPOSA CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,P
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