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Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine

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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043461
MRDS ID M100228
Record type Site
Current site name Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine
Alternate or previous names North Elder Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65303, 40.02375 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Relative position APPROX. 31 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF, CA.

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;025N;025N 007W;007W;007W 16;16;16 SE OF SW OF NW California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON EAST SLOPE OF THE NORTH COAST RANGES ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF ELDER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Partial To Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rocks.

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES: 43.6-49.3% CR2O3
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.3-2.8 TO 1 (1954)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65303, 40.02375
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Diorite Dike Striking N 12 E And Dipping 80 Se Intrudes Lower Ore Body.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 85 E
    Dip 60-70 N
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 21.34M
    Depth to bottom 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, ALONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROX. 120 KM BY 4 KM. LAND SLIDES AND SLOPE WASH COVER MUCH OF THE GEOLOGY.

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 1887
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Elder Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1895
    Period 1892-1895
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 47% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1975
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 10 wt-pct Chromium Major 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE OPEN CUT, 3 SMALL OPEN CUTS, AN INCLINED SHAFT FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND A SHORT OPENING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GULCH (1946)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, 1946, USGS BULL 945-G, P. 206-207.

  • Production

    STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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