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Mountain View High Divide, Tyson

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029619
MRDS ID M007287
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View High Divide, Tyson
Related records 10284074

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05477, 41.91149 (WGS84)
Relative position SHAFTS IN NE1/4 SEC. 33; SHAFTS IN W1/2 SEC. 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018N 001E 33,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.05477, 41.91149
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tyson Chrome Mines, Ltd.

Comments on the production information

  • APPROXIMATELY 8,750 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM 1869 TO 1889; 225 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 42 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH CHROMIUM IRON RATIO OF 2.6 SHIPPED IN 1943. IN 1951 34 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 44.1 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH 2.6 CHROMIUM IRON RATIO WERE MINED UP TO OCTOBER.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS; OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 273-4, 290

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. I, CHAP. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPRISES THREE PATENTED CLAIMS AND 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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