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Toms Head Mine

Occurrence in Tehama 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043464
MRDS ID M100232
Record type Site
Current site name Toms Head Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.84304, 40.17736 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 35 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of E Half, Sect. 25.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tomhead Mountain(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 027N 009W 25 E2 California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LOCATED ON SLOPES OF TOMS HEAD PEAK APPROX. MIDWAY BETWEEN TEDOC MINE TO THE NORTH AND THE ELDER CREEK MINE TO THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE 32% CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.84304, 40.17736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Toms Head Peak

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. E. Heslewood
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT (1918).

Comments on development

  • 300-400 TONS MINED FROM DEPOSIT AND ARE LYING ON THE DUMP. NO ORE WAS SHIPPED (1918).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 162, 168

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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