Maringer Mine (Lost Dog Mine; Tule Creek Chrome Mine), Peanut, Hayfork Mining District, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 29' 31'' North , 123° 12' 34'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Hayfork | 2,368 (2011) | 7.3km |
Hyampom | 241 (2011) | 24.8km |
Mad River | 420 (2011) | 25.8km |
Ruth | 195 (2011) | 26.5km |
Douglas City | 713 (2011) | 28.6km |
Mindat Locality ID:
96600
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:96600:0
GUID (UUID V4):
6c6d05fa-1a95-4d31-8460-59f8be048406
A former Cr mine located in sec. 34, T31N, R12W, MDM, 4.4 km (2.7 miles) NW of Peanut, E of East Tule Creek and W of Plummer Peak, on National Forest land. Discovered 1939 by Mr. Frank Maringer. Owned by the John D. Rourke Estate (Tule Creek Mine) Hayfork, California; by Mr. Alvin Cottrill (Lost Dog Mine) Redding, California and Mr. Frank Maringer (Maringer Chrome Mine). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 500 meters.
Mineralization is a Cr deposit hosted in serpentinite. The ore body is lenticular in form at 0.3 meters wide and 6.1 meters long. The deposit occurs in one of several dike-like peridotite bodies that are NW-trending across central to SW Trinity County. Local rocks include ultramafic rocks, chiefly Mesozoic, unit 2 (Western Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains) and/or Paleozoic marine rocks, undivided, unit 9 (Western Klamath Mountains).
Workings include a 30 foot inclined shaft (1974).
Production data are found in: Averill (1941).
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Chromite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Cr3+2O4 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
O | Oxygen | |
---|---|---|
O | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Cr | Chromium | |
Cr | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chromite | Fe2+Cr23+O4 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Coast MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0061050094