The Little Castle Creek Mine is a chromium mine located in Shasta county, California at an elevation of 3,120 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,120 Feet (951 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.18278, -122.30167
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Little Castle Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Castle Creek Mine
Secondary: Castle Crag Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Shasta
District: Little Castle Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Rodger Ellis And Clinton Scarf, 919 Masson Ave., Dunsmuir, Ca.
Owner Name: R. F. Helmke, Thomas And C. R. Janssen Co.
Years: 1955 -
Production
Year: 1911
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45-48% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1906
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Year: 1906
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREG
Structure
Type: L
Description: Dunite Body Cut By Fault Showing 1.5 M Offset.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CARLOAD OF ORE AVG. 37.16% CR2O3, 11.35% FE, CR TO FE RATIO 2.2 TO 1.
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ABOVE DIMENSIONS ARE OF MAIN ORE BODY. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE TWO SMALLER ONES: THE LOWER ORE BODY AND THE UPPER ORE BODY.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): WELLS AND HAWKES, CDMG BULL 134 PART 1 CHAP. 3, P. 151-152.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL TUNNELS AND DRIFTS, 2 MAJOR OPEN CUTS AND SEVERAL SMALLER CUTS AND TRENCHES. (1975)
Comment (Geology): CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABULAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE THAT OCCURS IN THE NW CORNER OF THE COUNTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Production): CDMG UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 151-152.
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