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Mountain View Mines

Past Producer in Del Norte 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043688
MRDS ID M100589
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain View Mines
Alternate or previous names High Divide Mine, Tyson

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.0556, 41.90982 (WGS84)
Elevation 728
Relative position APPROXIMATELY 7.5 MILES E. OF SMITH RIVER, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent City(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 018N;018N;018N 001E;001E;001E 34;34;34 NW OF NW OF SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of The Saxonite And Dunite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.0556, 41.90982
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Long Axis Of Dunite Masses Containing Ore Bodies Consistently Strike N 45-55 W With Nw Plunge Of 20-35%.

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 20-35 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Primary Flowage Of The Saxonite And Dunite During The Emplacement Of The Poridotite Mass.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BELT, THE JOSEPHINE MASS, THAT EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 50 MI NINTO OREGON AND 18 MI S INTO DELNORTE COUNTY

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1869
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Wimer Road Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tyson Chrome Mines, Ltd.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hamilton, E. P., H. L., And K. B.
    Home office Crescent City, Ca.
    First year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^41.15-43.79% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 42wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • DURING PERIOD OF 1869-1889, 1500 TO 2000 TONS PRODUCED ANNUALLY.

Comments on the workings information

  • PRE-1950 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS AND TWO LEVELS. 1950'S WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT AND THREE ADDITIONAL SHAFTS.

Comments on development

  • A CONCENTRATING MILL HAS BUILT IN 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G., CATER, F. A. AND RYNEARSON, G. A., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 20-31.

  • Production

    STINSON, 1975 CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT UNPUBLISHED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE PATENTED CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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