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Utah Chrome 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043466
MRDS ID M100234
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Chrome Co. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9411, 40.29235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 65 MILES W. OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Sect. 7.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platina(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

Shasta-Trinity 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 Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 009W 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Knoxville
    Rock description Knoxville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE MINE IS LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, ALONG, IRREGULORLY EXPOSED ULTRAMAFIC BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MTN. INTO TRINITY COUNTY. AROUND LITTLE RED MTN., THE EXPOSED ULTROMAFIC ROCK IS 3-4 KM WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Little Red Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Utah Chrome Co.
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 162

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 162

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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