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Old Noble Electric Steel Company

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141260
MRDS ID W025882
MAS/MILS ID 0061030011
Record type Site
Current site name Old Noble Electric Steel Company
Alternate or previous names North Elder Creek Group, Heslewood and Crumbo Mine, M J Cheatham Mine, Elder Creek Mine, S W Hill Mine, Hillside Mine, Lowry Mine, Savage Brothers Mine, State Mine
Related records 10111210

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.65419, 40.02296 (WGS84)
Elevation 558
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 N 007 W 16 N2NWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Enstatite Unknown
Magnesite Unknown
Olivine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.65419, 40.02296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85E
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 3M
    Length 21.3M
    Width 7.6M
    Area 50HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N85E:65N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1886
Year of first production 1890

Mining district

District name North Elder Crk

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of California - School Section
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1985

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1946
    Measured 20mt ore
    Indicated 50mt ore
    Demonstrated 70mt ore
    Inferred 20mt ore
    Total resources 90mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 47 wt-pct Chromium Major 1946
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1946
    Indicated 3500mt ore
    Demonstrated 3500mt ore
    Total resources 3500mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 10 wt-pct Chromium Major 1946

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • OTHER NAMES: NORTH ELDER CREEK GROUP, HESLEWOOD AND CRUMBO MINE M.J. CHEATHAM MINE, ELDER CREEK MINE, SW HILL MINE, HILLSIDE MINE, SAVAGE BROTHERS MINE,STATEMINE. IN DEPOSIT REPORT,"CHROME DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH ELDER CREEK AREA, TEHEMA COUNTY, CALIF." ALSO SEE SEQ NO. 0061030010.
  • THE 5,000 MT. ARE MINED AND MILLED WITH THREE OTHER DISTRICT MINES. THE MINING AND MILLING METHODS ARE UNDER SEQUENCE NO. 0061030010.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF DIV MINES GEOL BULL 134 CH3 PP133-191 1965.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 945-G PP190-210 1946.

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES GEOL V42 NO3 PP183-195 1946.

  • Deposit

    CALIF STATE DIV MINES 39TH REPT STATE MINERAL CHI PP90-92 19

  • Deposit

    WFOC MIN PROP FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3/75 ORE BODY TYPE - DISSEMINATED,STRINGERS & MASSIVE; ORE & Y ROCK FORMING CONTEMPORANEOUSLY. ACT. TYPE - SERPENTINIZATION. MIN CAP DEV 15M EQUIP 50M WORK CAP 70M EQUIP USED FOR 061030 CUSTOM MILL,NO CAP.COSTS INVOLVEDCR/FE RATIO 3:1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1993 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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