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Yellow Pine Mine

Past Producer in Trinity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043515
MRDS ID M100291
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Pine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.37029, 40.56318 (WGS84)
Elevation 1295
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 14 MILES W. OF DOUGLAS CITY, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Se 1/4, Sect. 10

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Halfway Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 002N 007E 10 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 49.74% CR2O3
Result 12.76% FE
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.76 TO 1.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 20 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PERIDOTITE BODIES THAT ARE NW TRENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TO SW TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Knowles, T. G.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shock, C. M.

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^49.74% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 50wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A BULLDOZER CUT 150 FT LONG AND 100 FT WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 174, 181

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 181

Reporter information

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

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