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Pole Corral

Past Producer in Tehama county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048468
MRDS ID MP00055
Record type Site
Current site name Pole Corral
Alternate or previous names Little Red Mountain Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9461, 40.28902 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI SOUTHWEST OF BEEGUM, Accurate Within Area Of Claims

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;028N 010W;009W 01,11,12;07,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OF LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN. IN TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN IS FOR NORTHERNMOST PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN SEC. 12; UTM FOR THIS IS 4459650N, 504660E. PGE SAMPLE LOCATION IS WEST OF MOST OF RED MOUNTAIN PROSPECTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue
Talc Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Ultramafic Rocks Are Serpentinized

Analytical data

Result 5 PGE ANALYSES: PT=<10-2,530 PPB
Result PD=<1-12 PPB
Result IR=<20-2,930 PPB
Result RU=<1-4,930 PPB
Result RH=1-92 PPB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9461, 40.28902
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1956
Production years 1924, 1942-43, 1945, 1952-56

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. T. Moore, H. A. Robinson
    First year 1965

Comments on the production information

  • SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE SHIPPED IN 1945. MAY ALSO HAVE PRODUCED IN 1952-1956.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW PITS AND TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • GROUP INCLUDES MANY CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 3, P. 162-163.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN, J.C., 1946, MINES AND MINING IN TEHAMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY V. 42, NO. 3, P. 187.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M100222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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