The Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.75806, -122.87833
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Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Gordon Mtn. - Fox Ridge 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: H. Beasley, Tokilma, Ore., And L. V. And Ev. Tulare Of Grants Pass, Ore. (Sunrise #2,
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50.5% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Dunite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE: 46.98% CR2O3, CR TO FE RATIO 2.63 TO 1.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Comment (Location): WORKINGS LIE ON E. SLOPE OF A SOUTH TRENDING RIDGE OF GORDON MTN.
Comment (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS, 1944, CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS AND A BENCH CUT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PORIDOTITE BELT, THE JOSEPHINE MASS, THAT EXTENDS APPROX. 50 MILES N. INTO ORE AND 18 MI. S. INTO DEL NORTE COUNTY.
References
Reference (Production): 147 LT MILLING ORE PRODUCED 1952-1958
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G., ET. AL., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P 60-61.
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