The Little Red Mountain Group is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 3,501 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
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 40.27889, -122.94000
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Little Red Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Red Mountain Group
Secondary: Mines: Blue Jay
Secondary: Blue Sky
Secondary: Jumbo Red Mtn. No. 2
Secondary: Live Oak
Secondary: Mcarthur
Secondary: Lucky Star
Secondary: Mogul
Secondary: 4th of July
Secondary: Mary Ann
Secondary: Southern Pacific Lease
Secondary: River Divide
Secondary: Northfork
Secondary: Panther
Secondary: Seagrave Beegum Mine
Secondary: Sunshine Red Mtn. No. 3, Pine Grove
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
District: Little Red Mountain 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: L. B. Duffin
Years: 1956 -
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1950'S: Con. Avg. 48.2% Cr2o3
Year: 1943
Material type: ORE CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1950'S: Ore Avg. 49.3%, Cr2o3
Year: 1924
Material type: ORE CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Ore Avg. 55% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10.0-12.4% FE
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.8-3.1 TO 1
Analytical Data: 44.1-49.9% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Other Database): RECORD NUMBER MP00055 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION TABLE DID NOT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN LUMP ORE OR CONCENTRATES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): MINES LOCATED ALSO IN T28N, R10W, SECT. 1: SW, SE, S2 AND T28N, R10W, SECT. 12: SE, NE.
Comment (Geology): THE GROUP IS AT THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, A LONG, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED UTRAMAFIC BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN INTO TRINITY COUNTY. AROUND LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN, THE EXPOSED ULTRAMAFIC ROCK IS 3-4 KM WIDE.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSES OF CHROMITE MINED FROM BLUE SKY AND LUCKY STAR MINES, SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., AND HAWKES, H.E., GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 3, P. 159, 162-168, 141.
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