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Chrome Hill Number 1

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10138104
MRDS ID M007574
MAS/MILS ID 0060150043
Record type Site
Current site name Chrome Hill Number 1
Alternate or previous names Hance and Webb, Theone, Hance & Webb
Related records 10029800

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -123.87336, 41.92292 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 018 N 003 E 30 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -123.87336, 41.92292
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 0M
    Width 0M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Strike And Dip N15E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 820414

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Patrick Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. Stevens,And J. Wilson
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner David Webb-Spring Of 43
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Pete Janzen-1953
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner J. W. Eggers-Leased In 1943
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner D. E. Raymond - Subleased From J. W. Eggers
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TO THE END OF 1943 WAS20 LONG TONS. THE TOPOGRAPHY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH-EAST OF THIS DEPOSIT AND ON SLOPE BELOW THE MINE INDICATES LANDSLIDING ON A LARGE SCAL LITTLE EVIDENCE OF LAND SLIDING WAS NOTED ON THE PROPERTY INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,F.G.,ET AL,1946,CDM AND G BULL 134,PT.1,CHAP.1,P.45

  • Deposit

    O'BRIEN,J.C.,1952,CAL.JOUR MINES AND GEOL.VOL.48,NO.4,P.285

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-84 Hayashi U.S. Bureau of Mines

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