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Twin Chrome Hill Mine

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043526
MRDS ID M100304
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Chrome Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51472, 41.15874 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 12 MILES NE OF CARRVILLE, CA., Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14, Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14, Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 14

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mumbo Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 006W 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51472, 41.15874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1939

Mining district

District name Crow Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chestang, Emile
    Home office Mt. Shasta, Ca.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 20

  • Production

    CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE OUTCROPPED FOR A LENGTH OF OVER 12 FT AND HAD A WIDTH OF 4 FT.

Reporter information

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

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