USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Siskiyou County
S & W Mine
Unconfirmed Chromium Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Siskiyou
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Chromium
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Lutrell Mine, La Tourell Mine, Littrell Mine, Moffett Creek Northern Claims
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
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Adit
— documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Yreka , 1954
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- USGS MRDS working type: Underground
- MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Jack Hottendorf (Last Operator) · Historical operator · 1976
- U.S. Forest Service - Klamath National Forest · Source-reported owner · 1976
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chromite
- Olivine
- Pyroxene
- Serpentine
- Uvarovite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
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