The Lambert Claim is a mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,360 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,360 Feet (1,024 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.63, -122.72780
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Lambert Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lambert Claim
Secondary: Chromite King
Secondary: Moffett Creek Group
Secondary: Peg Leg Mine
Secondary: White and Brown
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Fort Jones-Moffet
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: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Rough Mountain Mining Co (Possibly Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: C. F Shaw (Operator
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: 1917
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PEG LEG ORE HAS HIGHEST CR/FE (= 3.3-3.45) IN SISKIYOU COUNT PED ORE RAN 54 PERCENT CR2O3. PRODUCTION THROUGH 1943 WAS FR TO 937 LONG TONS. ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED TONS MAY HAVE BEEN PRO IN THE FIFTIES. MINE VISTED 4 NOV1975 BY CDMG. ORE RAN 11.8 FE. CR/FE=3.33. ORE RESERVE ESTIMATE BY WELLS&CATER 1950 (RE 1. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COSTANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.32,CR2O3 47.50,FEO 12.28,TOTAL FE 16.08,AL203 15.06,MGO CR/FE 2.60.DISSEMINATED ORE=S102 03.57,CR2O3 52.62,FEO 11.89 FE 16.72,AL203 09.92,MGO 14.92,CR/FE 2.77.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,FG& FW CATER,1950, CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT1,CHAP2,P.
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN,JE,1941,GEOL INVEST CR DEP,CAL DIV MINES REPT 37,P127-
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