The Lady Gray Claim is a mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,520 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: 3,520 Feet (1,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.7164, -123.04140
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Lady Gray Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lady Gray Claim
Secondary: Lady Gray Nelson Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Mc Guffy 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Russ Hogue 1958-Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest
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: 1944
Discovery Year: 1941
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: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION FROM LADY GRAY APPROXIMATELY 2300 LONG TON LL ORE. COMPUTED AVERAGE GRADE 48.74 PERCENT CR2O3. 13.85 PE FE,2.41 TO 2 CR/FE RATIO. ORE EXPOSED IN FACE AND ROOF OF UPPER LEVEL ADITS,1975. ESTIMATED RESERVES 1000 LONG TONS OF MILLING ORE AVERAGING 25 T CR2O3. INADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR COST ANALYSIS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-DISSEMIN E=S102 02.20, CR2O3 54.08, FEO 10.16, TOTAL FE 13.10, AL203 14.1
References
Reference (Deposit): C.D.M&G BULL 134,PT1 KLAMATH MNTSCHAP 2,PP.102&117,1950,NELL
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S.BULL 948-B STRATEGIC MINERAL INVEST PP.55-62,1949,WE
Reference (Deposit): WRITTEN COMMUNICATION--D.R.MORONGY TO CAL DIV OF MINES 1959?
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