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Little Ann and Mumsie A Chrome Mines

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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098556
MRDS ID M100268
Record type Site
Current site name Little Ann and Mumsie A Chrome Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.26611, 40.51041 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES SW OF HAYFORK, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sect. 30.

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
Mount Diablo 031N 012W 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • THE TWO ADJOINING CLAIMS ARE LOCATED HEAR TULE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.26611, 40.51041
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

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 Owner
    Owner Mr. And Mrs. D. E. Frye, Hayfork, Ca.

Comments on the production information

  • AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 20 TONS OF GOOD GRADE ORE HAVE BEEN MINED BUT ARE STILL ON THE GROUND (1941).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 169, 173, 181.

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941 CDMG, 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V.37, P.18.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INDIVIDUAL LENSES CONTAIN FROM A TON TO TWO TONS EACH OF CHROMITE.

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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