The High Point Mine is a chromium mine located in Glenn county, California.
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Mine Info
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High Point Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Point Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Glenn
District: Newville
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Millsaps
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: California Coast Ranges
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 (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY STRIKES N AND DIPS 60 DEG. W. AVERAGED LESS THAN 40% CR2O3. POSSIBLY 1500 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Deposit): MR-23 AND B. 134, PT. 2, CH.1, FIG. 1 SEEM TO INDICATE THIS DEPOSIT IN SECS. 5 OR 6, 22N/6W, BUT THIS IS ONLY 21 MI. FROM ORLAND (24 BY ROAD) AND IS NOT IN SERPENTINE. SEC. 31, 22N/6W IS ABOUT 32 MI. FROM ORLAND BY ROAD. B. 179 DOES NOT SHOW CHROMITE IN SECS. 5 OR 6; V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47, SHOWS SEC. 31
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47; B. 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 10; B. 179, FIG. 10
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