The Little Red Mountain Dunn is a chromium mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Little Red Mountain Dunn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Red Mountain Dunn
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. C. Kirk, Et Al.
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 (Production): IT IS SAID TO HAVE ASSAYED 52 PERCENT CR2O3. HIGH-GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE IN WHICH SOME NODULES WERE NOTED WAS EXPOSED IN ANOTHER TRENCH. PROPERTY HAS NOT BEEN WORKED IN RECENT YEARS.
Comment (Deposit): THIS IS AN IRREGULAR TP WITH NO SECS. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25 OR 36. IN 1941 WELLS SAID CHROMITE 2' WIDE WAS EXPOSED IN NW1/4 SEC. 6. CHROMITE DIPS 45 DEG. N 60 FT. E. WHAT STATE REFERRED TO AS SEC. 5 IS NOW KNOWN AS SEC. 6
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.49, NO.4, OCT.1953,PP.357,377 PL.10A
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 134, PT. 2, CH. 1, P. 19, 33
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