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Little Red Mountain Group

Past Producer in Tehama 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166055
MAS/MILS ID 0061030012
Record type Site
Current site name Little Red Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Sunshine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -122.9647, 40.22655 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Yolla Bolly Mountains(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 028 N 010 W 11 SESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -122.9647, 40.22655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG & HAWKES,HE 1965 CDMG BULL 134,PT 1 CH.3 P 168,160

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS,R 1958 UNPUBLISHED CDMG MINE VISIT RPRT-LITTLE RED

  • Deposit

    MORSE,RR 1919 COOP WAR MINERALS INVEST TEHAMA CO NO 2,BEEGUM

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN JC 1946.MINES & MINING TEHAMA CO,42 RPRT COL DIV MINE

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN JC 1954 CUL DIV MINES FILESRPRT-TEHAMA CO NO 31 UNPUB

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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