The Bagley Mine is a mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,118 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: 5,118 Feet (1,560 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.4244, -122.62190
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Bagley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bagley Mine
Secondary: Josephine
Secondary: Big Boy
Secondary: Genesis
Secondary: Lucky Strike Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Mount Eddy
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. D. Taylor,E. Wheeler,And P. Munko- Leased Summer Of 1943
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Bagley Brothers
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: 1941
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: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE MINE HAS BEEN IDLE SINCE 1944THE OLD WORKINGS ARE CAVED AMOUNT OF ORE REMAINING CANNOT BEESTIMATED. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,F.G.,AND CATER,F.W.JR,1950,CDM AND G BULL PT.1,CHAP.2,
Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERAL REPT # 83
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