Mine detail: Mcguffy Creek Deposit

Previously called 'Veta ChicaGrand FallsGrand CanyonCherro ColoradoMary LouVeta GrandeLady Gray'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.71593, -123.04283

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Other material: Chromite, Olivine, Serpentine
Discovery year: 1917

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942

Geology

References

MRDSW025615
MAS60930032
DEP10286524
Reference{Deposit:: AIME SME MINING ENG HANDBOOK,V1,1973,PP 12-140 THROUGH}{Deposit:: 12-147}{Deposit:: DRAVO.CORP.,1974,ANALYSIS OF LARGE SCALE NON-COAL UND.MIN.}{Deposit:: METHODS BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 36-74,605 PP.}{Deposit:: HEWELL,D.F.,1942,PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MISC. CHROMITE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS:USGS IN-HOUSE REPORT.}{Deposit:: KLEIN,C.W.,1975, THE GEOLOGY OF THE HAPPY CAMP AREA,SISKIYOU}{Deposit:: COUNTY,CALIF. PHD DIS. UNPUB.}{Deposit:: *RIEN,J.C., REPORT NO.212, AUG.19,1954,SUPPLEMENT,JULY 13,}{Deposit:: 1955,SUPPLEMENT, AUGUST 30,1956.}{Deposit:: RYNEARSON,G.A.& SMITH,C.T.,1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THE}{Deposit:: SEIAD QUAD,SISKIYOU,COUNTY,CALIF, USGS BULL. 922-D.}{Deposit:: SALT LAKE CITY METALLURGY RC QUARTERLY REPORT. FY 1979, 2ND}{Deposit:: QUARTER, PP 18-21.}{Deposit:: STINSON,M.,1975, DATA RECEIVED UNDER BUREAU CONTRACT NO.}{Deposit:: G0254022.}{Deposit:: STRAAM ENG.INC.,1977,CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATING}{Deposit:: SYSTEM HANDBOOK, BUMINES CONTRACT NO.J0255026.}{Deposit:: SUDWORTH,G.B.,1967, FOREST TRESS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE:NEW}{Deposit:: YORK,DOVER PUB.,INC,455PP.}{Deposit:: WEIBELT, F.J., AND RICHER, S., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THE}{Deposit:: MCGUFFY CREEK CHROMITE DEPOSITS, SISKIYOU COUNTY,}{Deposit:: BUMINES, RI, 4576.}{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., ET AL., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SEIADAND}{Deposit:: MCGUFFY CREEKS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF., USGS BULL 948-B.}{Deposit:: 62 PP.}{Deposit:: WETZEL, N. AND RANEY, R., MCGUFFY CREEK CHROMITE DEPOSITS,}{Deposit:: SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, BUMINES MAS DEPOSIT REPORT}{Deposit:: JULY, 1980, UNPUB.}
ReporterWetzel, Nicholas