Little Red Mountain Dunn

Occurrence in Mendocino county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10031375
MRDS ID M010095
Record type Site
Current site name Little Red Mountain Dunn

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.68362, 39.87985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mendocino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Noble Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Covelo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Eel(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mendocino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 016W 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.68362, 39.87985

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. C. Kirk, Et Al.

Comments on the production information

  • IT IS SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED 52 PERCENT CR2O3. HIGH-GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE IN WHICH SOME NODULES WERE NOTED WAS EXPOSED IN ANOTHER TRENCH. PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN WORKED IN RECENT YEARS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.49, NO.4, OCT.1953,PP.357,377 PL.10A

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 134, PT. 2, CH. 1, P. 19, 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS AN IRREGULAR TP WITH NO SECS. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 OR 36. IN 1941 WELLS SAID CHROMITE 2' WIDE WAS EXPOSED IN NW1/4 SEC. 6. CHROMITE DIPS 45 DEG. N 60 FT. E. WHAT STATE REFERRED TO AS SEC. 5 IS NOW KNOWN AS SEC. 6

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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