Quigg Mine

The Quigg Mine is a mine located in Tuolumne county, California at an elevation of 1,450 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Quigg Mine
Secondary: Chrome Mine #1
Secondary: Kahl Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Tuolumne
District: Jamestown 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: Fee Ownership
Type: Other

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: W. A. Fitzgerald-Last Operator,1918
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Pann, Karl H.
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada

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: Uvarovite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Enstatite

Comments

Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION-1427 METRIC TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 35 PERCENT USBM ANALYSIS FOUND 36.3 PERCENT CR2O3,9.6 PERCENT FE,39.8 P THE AVERAGE MINEABLE GRADE OF ORE OF CHROMITE IS 38.0 PERCENT MINE IDLE SINCE W.W.1. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS. ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 01.86,CR2O3 31.97,FEO 08.88,TOTAL FE 13.68,AL203 31.89,MGO CR/FE 2.06

References

Reference (Deposit): MNE CO.,NO.24,UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): COOPERATIVE WAR MINERALS INVEST IN CAL.TUOLUMNE CO.#25,UNPU

Reference (Deposit): CATER,FW.1948 CR-TUOLUMNE& MARIPOSA CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,P

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