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Chromite from
Lucky Strike Mine, Castle Crag, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Chromite
Formula:Fe2+Cr23+O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chromite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lucky Strike Mine, Castle Crag, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:333344
Long-form Identifier:1:3:333344:0
GUID (UUID V4):dcc26d26-96f7-4dbd-aaaf-2fc1acd0577f
Nearest other occurrences of Chromite
5.5km (3.4 miles) Hearst property, Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Little Castle Creek Mine (Castle Crag Mine; Brown Mine), Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Coggins Mine, Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California, USA
9.6km (5.9 miles) Black Crow No. 1 claim [?], Black Crow No. 1 and Black Crow No. 2 claims, Boulder Peak, Altoona Mining District, Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
11.2km (7.0 miles) Summit Mine (Pink Crystal; Pink Crystals; Costa lease), Boulder Peak, Altoona Mining District, Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
11.4km (7.1 miles) Unnamed Cr occurrence [3], Whisky Bill Peak, Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Lone Pine property, Sims Station, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
11.9km (7.4 miles) Mumbo Creek group (Russell group), Boulder Peak, Altoona Mining District, Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
12.0km (7.4 miles) Twin Chrome Hill Mine, Boulder Peak, Altoona Mining District, Trinity Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Trinity County, California, USA
12.0km (7.5 miles) Miles and Westover property, Sims Station, Klamath Mountains, Shasta County, California, USA
References
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Report (issue)
CHROMITE IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON.1 By J. S. DlLLER. THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS. ... The Klamath Mountains of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon extend north and south for...for 260 miles 170 miles in California and 90 miles in Oregon. Their average width is about 80 miles. Their...in figure 1. The eastern boundary of the Klamath Mountains is irregularly sinuous against the lavas of...portion lies along the coast between Rogue and Klamath rivers. The northeastern limb of the curved border
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and hospitality of numerous property owners in California and Oregon» The authors gratefully acknowledge...samples collected from mines and prospects in California and Oregon (figure 1). Samples collected during...study varied between dunite with disseminated chromite grains to massive chromitite. For purposes of..., 1985) DATA Most samples of chromitite from California were analyzed by fire-assay atomic absorption...presented in table 1. Figure 1. Location map, California and Oregon after Irwin (1979). Table 1. Geochemical
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and A. Lott I/ Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report...following deposit types are presented; podiform chromite, porphyry copper, porphyry molybdenum, skarn tungsten...for porphyry copper deposits and for podiform chromite deposits and may exist but not be recognized for...be reported because they may not be economic to mine at the time they are explored. Balancing these...because mining concerns attempt to develop long-range mine plans now. It is also more common in recent years
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OLIVINE FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SHOWING PERFECT CLEAVAGE* H. E. HawKES, JR. Assrnacr Olivine showing...described from a dunite near Dunsmuir, Siskiyou County, California. Because of its striking resemblance to pyroxene...of the Little Castle Creek chromite mine, known also as the Castle Crags or Brown mine, in the Siskiyou...Siskiyou Mountains of northern California. Specimens for detailed study were collected on the south side of...Little Castle Creek canyon about two miles southwest of Dunsmuir, near the boundary of Shasta and Siskiyou
Report (issue)
MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF TRINITY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ^^^^gz^^^^sHi LIBRARY ^ tnSF DAVIS [...Archive in 2012 with funding from University of California, Davis Libraries http://www.archive.org/det... o^ COUNTY CcUifi&isua By J. C. O'BRIEN, Mining Engineer, Retired and Geology California Division...Division of Mines COUNTY REPORT 4 California Division of Mines and Geology San Francisco, 1965 With ...Introduction B. to the on Asbestos, Barite, Chromite, Copper, Manganese, and Quicksilver by Fe?ielon
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 Podiform chromite 3 Porphyry copper molybdenum rich 9 Porphyry...significant. -2- MODEL NUMBER DEPOSIT TYPE Podiform chromite 1.1 AUTHOR D. A. Singer DATA REFERENCES Singer...others, 1978. COMMENTS All deposits are from California and Oregon. The two largest tonnage deposits...Name Country Ace of Spades Adobe Canyon Gp. Alice Mine Allan (Johnson) Alta Hill Althouse Alyce and Blue...Co.) Apex (El Dorado Co.) Applegate Associated Chromite Babcock Babyfoot Beat Big Bear Binder No. 1 Big
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Platinum-GroupElement Resourcesin Podiform Chromitites from California and Oregon NORMANJ PAGE,DONALD A. SINGER,BARRYC...GeologicalSurvey,345 MiddlefieldRoad,MenloPark, California 94025 JOHNNIE M. MCDADE, AND STEPHENA. WILSON...acteristicsof the chromite deposits. chromitedeposits thatoccurin ophiolites in California GeologicOverview...ophioliteterranesof the western gan(1919) in California,andPardee(1934) in Ore- United States and emphasizedthat...1979, 1980; Martinez et al., 1981; Ranges,and Klamath Mountainsprovinces.Other occurin east-centralOregonof
Report (volume)
Geology of the Yreka Quadrangle, Siskiyou County, California G E 0 L 0 G I C A L SU R VE Y BU L L E... Geology of the Yreka Quadrangle, Siskiyou County, California By PRESTON E. HOTZ G E 0 L 0 G I C A L ..._____________________________________ Eastern Klamath belt------------------------------------------...conditions of deposition of rocks in the eastern Klamath belt -----------------------------------------... IV CONTENTS Page Geology-Continued Eastern Klamath belt-Continued Quartz gabbro and diabase of uncertain
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...Vol. 43 1947 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY printed in California state printing office...LIBRARY '^iSaVERSi I Y OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA Earl Warren, Governor DEPARTMENT...of the State mine models, etc., a service laboratory for the determination of California minerals and...publications will be sent free upon request. periodical California Journal of ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL (Effective
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S STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES RICHARD SACHSE, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist January, 1941 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 95183 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF- CALIFORNIA DAV I 1 DIVISION OF...Field District 8 Mineral Resources of Trinity County, by Chas. Volney Averill GEOLOGIC BRANCH 8 90...91 Geologic Investigation of the Chromite Deposits of California, by John 101 Eliot Allen SPECIAL ARTICLES
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(A)Tungsten resources of the Blue Wing district, Lemhi County, Idaho, by Eugene Callaghan and D; M. Lemmon (published...quicksilver prospetts in adjacent parts of Nev­ ada, California, and•Oregon, by C. P. Ross (published in June...June 1941) (C)Tin deposit at Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, by W. C. Smith and V. P. Gianella (published...(D)Nickel-gold deposit near Mount Vernon, Skagit County, 3( WaShington, by S. W. Hobbs and W. T. Pecora...(E)Tungsten deposits' in the Sierra Nevada near Bishop, California, a preliminary report, by D. M. Lemmon (published
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES KENNETH I. FULTON, Director DIVISION OF MINES ... 38 State Mineralogist January, 1942 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA LIBRARY University of California DAViS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Mineral Resources GEOLOGIC BRANCH of Sierra County 7 68 Current Notes 68 SPECIAL ARTICLES 69...W» • — O \ «"""""'/ ItRIHITyS SHASTA, LASSEN. - CALIFORNIA •LEGENDMining Division Boundaries.
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1935 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE, STATE...19017 SACRAMENTO. 1935 LIBRARY UNIVERSUY Of* CALIFORNIA Davis 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...Notes Geological Investigation of the Southern California 50 Clays of Riverside and Orange Counties,
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Colorado-- Federal Center, Bldg. 810 MENLO PARK, California--Bldg. 3, Rm. 3128,345 Middlefield Rd. • RESTON... Rm. 8105,125 South State St. SAN FRANCISCO, California--Customhouse, Rm. 504, 555 Battery St. SPOKANE...pediform chromite, by John P. Albers 34 Grade and tonnage model of minor pediform chromite, by Donald...34 Grade and tonnage model of major pediform chromite, by Donald A. Singer, Norman J Page, and Bruce...cross-section of pediform chromite deposits 40 Tonnages of pediform chromite deposi a typical mafic-ultramafic
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES FERRY...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 41 1945 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...OF STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XLI printed in California state printing office SACRAMENTO, I945 41703... (L^^yt^W THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL...San Benito and Northwestern Fresno Coun11 ties, California, by Robert G. Yates and Lowell S. Hilpert 37
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E. Williams ...... . ............. . Dragoon Mountains Roadless Area, Arizona, by Harald Drewes and T..... ................. 77 California . . Agua Tibia Primitive Area, California, by William P. Irwin and...79 California, by Edwin H . McKee and Steven W. Schmauch . Arroyo Seco Roadless Area, California, by...Middle Fork Feather River Roadless Areas, 89 California, by Martin L. Sorensen and Alan R. Buehler .... . . . Benton Range Roadless Area, California, by Edwin H . 91 .............. McKee and Richard L. Rains
Report (issue)
DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 193 California Division of Mines and Geology Sacramento, California, 1970...By William B. DISTRICTS OF CALIFORNIA Clark Geologist, California Division of Mines & Geology...Geology, Sacramento, California UNIVERSITY LIBRARY U.C DAVIS '~'^ JUL 'I 'i GOV INFO or"! BULLETIN 193...to the gold deposits in California. Although on treatise a vast California, there in of the knov/n...mention of gold California in was Las Sergus de Esplandian, a romance in which "California" was believed
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT. Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1939 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 70803 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Field District 8 Miner al Resources of San Diego County 56 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 56 Current Notes Geology...San Diego County— 71) SPECIAL ARTICLES The Prospect for 'Minor Metals' The Right Mine to ADMINISTRATIVE
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RESOURCES OF THE SALMON-TRINITY ALPS PRIMITIVE AREA, CALIFORNIA View southward across the main ridge of the...Resources of the Salmon-Trinity Alps Primitive Area. California By PRESTON E. HOTZ, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, and...survey in the Salmon-Trinity Alps Primitive Area, California. The area discussed in the report includes the...Salmon Summit mine............................................................ Jumbo mine........................................................ Brooks mine................................................
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Geological Survey editorial standards. Menlo Park, California 1984 Contents Summary 1 Introduction 2...(classification number in Appendices A and B) 48 Podiform chromite (1.1) 7 Porphyry copper molybdenum-rich; gold-rich...for given deposit types, as labeled 2. Podiform chromite 6 3. Porphyry copper, Mo-rich; Au-rich 8 ...elements, significant resources of lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, and possibly cobalt and bauxite may...gold-silver and mercury, platinum-group elements and chromite in stratiform mafic complexes, sedimentary manganese
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deposits of the Mayacmas and Sulphur Bank districts, California, by C. P. Ross (published in March 1941)........... (N) Chromite deposits of the eastern part of the Stillwater complex, Stillwater County, Montana...: '" * 4. (0) Chromite deposits of the Pilliken area, Eldorado County, California, by P. G. Wells,...February 1941)............ (P) Chromite deposits in the Sourdough area, Curry County, and the Briggs Creek area...area, Josephine County, Oregon, by F. G. Wells, L. R. Page, and H. L. James (published in February 1941)
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY 1943 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 21200 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 DIVISION OF MINES...Mines and mineral resources of 7 11 Santa Cruz County, by Henry G. Hubbard 11 Discoveries in the strategic...O'Brien 77 Current mining activity in Plumas County, by C. A. Logan 85 GEOLOGIC BRANCH 88 Current
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Curry County Sec. 36 T. 40 S., R. 11 W. Bowers Mill Dana W. Bowers Medford, Ore. Josephine County Sec...Ore. G rant County John Day Foster Mill Ernest Foster Grants Pass, Ore. Joseph i ne County Sec. 28 T...Josephine County NW "F" Street Grants Pass John Day Mining Co. John Day, Ore. Grant County Sec. 26 T...S., R. 31 E. Lucky Nine Mill Lucky Nine Chrome Corporation Riddle, Ore. Douglas County Canyonvi lie...lie Lyman and Grant County Findlay Mill John Day E. Lyman and Glenn Findlay, John Day, Ore. McCaleb Mill
 
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