Coggins Mine

The Coggins Mine is a chromium mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 2,756 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Coggins Mine

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Little Castle Creek 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: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Rustless Mining Co
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Coggins, Arthur L.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Oregon
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Olivine

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE TOO SMALL FOR COSTING MASSIVE ORE RAN 38-47 PERCENT CR2O3,12 PERCENT S102,AND CR/F OF 2.4 TO 1. LOW GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE MAY HAVE TOO HIGH IRON CONTENT FO ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 04.00,CR2O3 49.33, FEO 14.80, TOTAL FE 17.69, AL203 11.34, MGO CR/FE 2.46. DISSEMINATED ORE, SMALLORBS=S102 4.80,CR2O3 38.36, 53, TOTAL FE 20.73, AL203 11.34,MGO11.61,CR/FE 2.10.DISSEMINAT LARGE ORBS=S102 2.70, CR2O3 54.08, FEO 12.57, TOTAL FE 15.44, AL 28, MGO 14.51, CR/FE 3.08. DISSEMINATED ORE,EAST PROSPECT=S102 203 51.16, FEO 12.82, TOTAL FE 15.44, AL203 12.28, MGO 14.92,CR/

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 3938 TONS

Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COGGINS PROPERTY AT N410910/W1221930, T38N-R04W, SEC 16, IN SHASTA CT. SEE SEQ# 006089

References

Reference (Deposit): .153-156,PLATE 21.

Reference (Deposit): CJMG VOL.43,NO.4,1947,MINES AND MIN.RESOURCES SISKIYOU CO.

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT 44,1943,COGGINS CHROMITE MINE, 8 PP

Reference (Deposit): USRM RI 4587,1949,INVESTIGATION OF COGGINS CHROMITE MINE 9 P

Reference (Deposit): CDM BULL.134,PT.1,CH.3,1950,CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SHATA CO ET

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