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Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine

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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043689
MRDS ID M100590
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.87946, 41.75789 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position APPROX. 26 AIR MILES E OF CRESCENT CITY, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Siskiyou(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yreka(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Scott(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Klamath 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 016N;016N;016N 003E;003E;003E 19;19;19 SE OF SE OF SW California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LIE ON E. SLOPE OF A SOUTH TRENDING RIDGE OF GORDON MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Dunite

Analytical data

Result ORE: 46.98% CR2O3, CR TO FE RATIO 2.63 TO 1.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.87946, 41.75789
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 18-20 SW
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.83M
  • General form LENSE
    Dip 18-20 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PORIDOTITE BELT, THE JOSEPHINE MASS, THAT EXTENDS APPROX. 50 MILES N. INTO ORE AND 18 MI. S. INTO DEL NORTE COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1958

Mining district

District name Gordon Mtn. - Fox Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. Beasley, Tokilma, Ore., And L. V. And Ev. Tulare Of Grants Pass, Ore. (Sunrise #2,
    Last year 1958

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1941-1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50.5% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 51wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS, 1944, CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS AND A BENCH CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G., ET. AL., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P 60-61.

  • Production

    147 LT MILLING ORE PRODUCED 1952-1958

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: WW1

Reporter information

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

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