The Mill Gulch, North Elder Creek Group is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 40.02667, -122.65306
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Mill Gulch, North Elder Creek Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mill Gulch, North Elder Creek Group
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
District: Elder Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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: Tehama Consolidated Chrome Co.
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1928
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1886
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: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1946 USGS BULL 945-G, P. 208-209.
Comment (Production): ABOVE CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION FIGURES FROM MILL GULCH AND NOBLE ELECTRIC STEEL CO. MINES.
Comment (Deposit): THE MAIN ORE BODY IS EXPOSED ON THE EAST SIDE OF MILL GULCH ABOUT 500 FT FROM NORTH ELDER CREEK.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AT LEAST 4 TUNNELS AND NUMEROUS SMALL PITS AND TRENCHES (1940'S).
Comment (Geology): MILL GULCH IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, A LONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPRORX. 120 KM BY 4 KM.
Comment (Location): WORKINGS LOCATED IN A GULCH THAT DRAINS SOUTHWARD INTO THE N. FORK OF ELDER CREEK.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPORTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G. AND HAWKES, H. E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 166-168.
Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G. A., 1946, USGS BULL 945-G, P. 208-209.
Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
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