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Sunshine Mine

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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103905
MRDS ID M100223
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Mine
Alternate or previous names Little Red Mountain Group, Red Mountain No. 3, Pine Grove

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.96471, 40.22652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position APPROX. 65 MILES W. OF RED BLUFF, CA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Yolla Bolly Mountains(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 028N;028N;028N 010W;010W;010W 11;11;11 SE OF SW OF NW (11) California

Comments on the location information

  • WORKINGS LOCATED ON A SHALLOW NW FACING SLOPE APPROX. 450 M N10W OF LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN SUMMIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE ORE: 49.3% CR2O3 WITH CR TO FE RATIO 2.7 TO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.96471, 40.22652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 3M
    Length 10M
    Width 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SUNSHINE MINE OCCURS AT THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, A LONG, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED SERPENTINE BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MTN. INTO TRINITY COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Little Red Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT AND AN ADIT. (1975)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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