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Sunrise

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 10029771
MRDS ID M007539
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87754, 41.7626 (WGS84)
Relative position S1/2

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(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 016N 003E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87754, 41.7626
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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 Edgar E. Gilmore

Comments on the production information

  • A PRODUCTION OF 568 TONS DURING 1941-52 AVERAGED 50.5 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.82. IDLE SINCE JULY, 1944. SOME ORE LEFT BUT COST OF MINING BECAME PROHIBITIVE.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 292

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINED IN SERPENTINE TO A DEPTH OF 70 FT. THE ORE IS FINE-GRAINED NEARLY PURE CHROMITE CONTAINING A LITTLE UVAROVITE AND KAMMERERITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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