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Kleinsorge Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043692
MRDS ID M100593
Record type Site
Current site name Kleinsorge Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: Angora, Black Beauty, Climax, Milton, Trilby, Two Mines With Unknown Names.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.65776, 40.00208 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 31 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sect. 21, South Half.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Raglin Ridge(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025N;025N;025N;025N 007W;007W;007W;007W 21;21;22;27 NW (21); S2 (21); SW (22); SW (27) California

Comments on the location information

  • THREE MINES ALSO LOCATED IN 52, SECT. 27. GROUP OF MINES LOCATED IN STEEP RAVINE OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ANALYSES OF CHROMITE SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 42.3-47.4% CR2O3
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.6-2.7 TO 1
Result 10.8-12.6% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Knoxville
    Rock description Knoxville
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.65776, 40.00208
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GROUP IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, A LONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROX. 120 KM BY 4 KM.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1917
Year of last production 1957

Mining district

District name Elder Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. E. Kleinsorge,
    Home office Sacramento, Ca.
    First year 1965

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Massive Ore Avg. 42% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 42wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Material CON
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Avg. 50% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 50wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159-162, 14

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 13.4, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 160.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALL MINES LOCATED ON PATENTED GROUND. DISSEMINATED CHROMITE FOUND IN ZONE OF SERPENTINE APPROX. 1/4 MILE WIDE AND TWO MILES LONG ALONG A RIDGE AT THE HEAD OF MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CK.

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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