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North Elder Creek Chromite Deposits

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. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214593
MRDS ID W025881
MAS/MILS ID 0061030010
Record type Site
Current site name North Elder Creek Chromite Deposits
Alternate or previous names North Elder Creek Group, Old Nobel Electric Steel Co., Noble Electric Steel, Elder Creek Mines, Hillside Chrome Mine, Any Mine, Tehama County Chrome Deposit, Tehama Consolidated Chrome Mine
Related records 10077849

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES: NORTH ELDER CREEK GROUP, NOBLE ELECTRIC STEEL. NORTH DEPOSIT, ELDER CREEK MINES, HILLSIDE CHROME MINE, TEHAMA CONSOLIDATED CHROME MINE, MILL GULCH.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.65419, 40.02656 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
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 N2SWNE 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, 40.02656
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 260M
    Length 530M
    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 N35W:
    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 Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1880
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1886

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 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Metro Metals Inc.(Last Operator
    Home office California
    Year 1976
    Last year 1955

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER: STATE OF CALIFORNIA - SCHOOL SECTION. LAST OPERATOR: METRO METALS INC.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1946
    Indicated 24000mt ore
    Demonstrated 24000mt ore
    Inferred 28000mt ore
    Total resources 52000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 10 wt-pct Chromium Major 1946

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 50HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .65
    Percent Waste Rock 50
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Secondary Material Cover M-HARD ROCKS
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 15
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 10
    Unit Production Cost 13.02
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATER,F.W., CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL.

  • Deposit

    134,CHAPTER 3, PP 133-191.

  • Deposit

    RYEARSON, G.A., USGS BULLETIN 945-G, 1946

  • Deposit

    WETZEL,N,1980 CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH ELDER CREEK

  • Deposit

    AREA, TEHAMA COUNTY,CALIFORNIA. BUMINES MAS DEPOSIT

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-FEB-1995 Wetzel, Nicholas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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