Emma Bell Mine

The Emma Bell Mine is a chromium mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Emma Bell Mine
Secondary: Chrome Mountain
Secondary: Stanton

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Platinum
Tertiary: Palladium
Tertiary: Iridium
Tertiary: Ruthenium
Tertiary: Rhodium

Location

State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Seiad Creek-Red Butte Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Development Corp. Of Delaware
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: Mrs. W. P. Stanton
Years: 1945 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)

Orebody

Form: MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED, STRINGERS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Schlieren

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Peridotite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=69 PPB
Analytical Data: RH=<1 PPB.
Analytical Data: RU=150 PPB
Analytical Data: IR=50 PPB
Analytical Data: PD=3 PPB

Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Olivine

Comments

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. IN ROGUE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST. IN DRAW FORMED BY TRIBUTARY OF WEST FORK OF SEIAD CREEK. MINE NOT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION

Comment (Deposit): CHROMITE IS TYPICALLY IN HIGH-GRADE STRINGERS 0.25-1 IN. WIDE AND 1-3 FT LONG. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ABOVE ARE FOR LARGEST SCHLIEREN, WHICH IS LOW GRADE. SCHLIEREN OCCUR OVER A 3,500 FT INTERVAL

References

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., SMITH, C.T., RYNEARSON, G.H., AND LIVERMORE, J.S., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SEIAD AND MCGUFFY CREEKS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 948-B, P. 45-46.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., AND CATER, F.W., JR., 1950, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 2, P. 101, 118.

Reference (Deposit): CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

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