The Sunrise is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Sunrise MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edgar E. Gilmore
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): A PRODUCTION OF 568 TONS DURING 1941-52 AVERAGED 50.5 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.82. IDLE SINCE JULY, 1944. SOME ORE LEFT BUT COST OF MINING BECAME PROHIBITIVE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, TUNNELS
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINED IN SERPENTINE TO A DEPTH OF 70 FT. THE ORE IS FINE-GRAINED NEARLY PURE CHROMITE CONTAINING A LITTLE UVAROVITE AND KAMMERERITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 292
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 60
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