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North Elder Creek Group

Past Producer in Tehama 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043459
MRDS ID M100226
Record type Site
Current site name North Elder Creek Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: Grau, Hill, Joyce, Mill Gulch, Noble Electric, Name Unknown, No Name.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65137, 40.01875 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 31 MILES W. OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot On Boundary Bet. Ne And Se Quarters, Sect. 16.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raglin Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N 007W 15;16;16;17 SW (15); NE (16); SE (16); NE (17) California

Comments on the location information

  • MINES ALSO LOCATED IN NW QUARTER SECT. 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSES OF CHROMITE SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial To Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rocks

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Knoxville
    Rock description Knoxville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65137, 40.01875
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GROUP IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, A LONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROX. 120 KM BY 4 KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882
Year of first production 1918
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Elder Creek Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159-168, 141

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134 PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 160

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO SEE SEPARATE RECORDS FOR GRAU, MILL GULCH AND NOBLE ELECTRIC MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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