| Deposit ID | 10284121 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M020413 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060150033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain View Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Chrome Hill Mine, High Divide Mine |
| Related records | 10033768 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -124.05556, 41.90982 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 710 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Del Norte(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
High Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Crescent City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Crescent City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Smith(hydrologic unit)
Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Del Norte |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt | 018 N | 001 E | 34 | NWNWSW | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Tertiary |
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chiastolite | Unknown |
| Garnierite | Unknown |
| Olivine | Unknown |
| Pyroxene | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Talc | Unknown |
| Serpentine | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -124.05556, 41.90982 |
|---|
| Strike | N50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 60E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 1000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 500M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 3HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1869 |
| Year of first production | 1869 |
| District name | High-Low Divide |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tyson Chrome Mines Ltd-Last Operator |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| First year | 1954 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Ep,Hl, And Kb Hamilton 1975 |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | California |
| Year | 1976 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 1HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 160M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 20M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060150033 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M020413 | MAS references MRDS |
CDM&G BULL 134 PT 1 KLAMATH MTNS CHAPT 1 DEL NORTE CO.1946 P
OBRIEN,JC 1952,DEL NORTE ,CAL JOUR MINES&GEOL VOL.48,NO4,PP
CAL DIV OF MINES PROPERTY VISIT REPORT,MTN VIEW MINE 1957 U
45.4, WFOC.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LOCATION DONE ON SOUTHWEST WORKINGS. ORE RAN APPROX 44 PER 203,CR/FE=2.6 APPROXIMATELY 8835 LONG TONS LUMP ORE WAS SH MINE VISITED 23 OCT 1975 BY CDMG NO ESTIMATE OF ORE POSSIBLE DUE TO FLOODED WORKINGS CORRECTLY. RECORD 130- COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 5.5% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH {BIN{CONVEY{SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254. MINE COSTS- ACQ.0; EXP.0;DEV.0;-WORK. CAP_32M ;EQUIP._200M |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Stinson | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.