Sunrise Claim

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186939
MRDS ID W023553
MAS/MILS ID 0060150108
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunrise No.1&2
Related records 10110642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87945, 41.75792 (WGS84)
Elevation 762

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(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 016 N 003 E 19 SESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87945, 41.75792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 15S
    Thickness 21M
    Length 10M
    Width 15M
    Area 2HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N60W:15S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lv Tulare And E V Tulare(Last Operators
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
    Last year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG 1946. CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT 1, CH 1 PP 60-61

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN JC 1952 CAL JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY VOL 48 P 292

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS ANALYSIS OF HIGH GRADE ORE- 46.98% CR2O3,32.13% CR,12.2 .63 CR/FE,3.03% 5102 .ORE EXPOSEDIN WORKINGS. 200-800 TONS O EMAINS IN PILE -INSUFFICIENT RESOURCE FOR COSTING ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.29,CR2O3 49.33,FEO 10.72,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 18.89,MGO CR/FE 3.38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

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