The Railroad Lease Mine is a chromium mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 5,240 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: 5,240 Feet (1,597 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.16611, -122.52333
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Railroad Lease Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Railroad Lease Mine
Secondary: Section 11 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Crow Creek 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: Southern Pacific Co.
Owner Name: Dunsmoir Chrome Co.
Years: 1943 - 1945
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Year Last Production: 1943
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Several Ew Striking Faults Dipping Either 60 N Or 65 S.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE UNCOVERED AT INTERVALS OVER A VERTICAL RANGE OF 100 FT. ORE BODY PINCHED AND SWELLED.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF THREE ADITS AND A TRENCH (1943).
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON THE WEST SLOPE OF THE WEST FORK OF CROW CREEK.
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE TRINITY CO.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 170
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 170, 174, 177
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