The Forest Queen is a mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 4,790 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,790 Feet (1,460 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.0517, -122.43720
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Forest Queen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Forest Queen
Secondary: Grey Eagle
Secondary: Union Forest Queen
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: South Fork Shotgun Creek
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ua Orisini Last Operator 1954
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: John And Helen Bones
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: 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: Chalk
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE RAN 35.5-50 PERCENT CR2O3, 11.63-14.8 PERCENT FE, CR/F 2.27. PRODUCTION THROUGH 1954 TOTALS 1880 LONG TONS. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.32,CR2O3 43.85,FEO 14.04,TOTAL FE 15.44,AL203 18.89,MGO CR/FE 2.50.
References
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,WW ET AL 1918. CAL MINING BUR BULL 76 PP 181-182
Reference (Deposit): LYDON,PA & JC OBRIEN 1974 SHASTACO REPORT CDMG CO REPT 6,PP
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,FG & HE HAWKES 1965 CDMG BULL 134,PT 1,CHAP 3 P 158
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