The Holiday Mine is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.94722, -123.86472
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Holiday Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Holiday Mine
Secondary: Holiday Group
Secondary: High Dome Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Patricks 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: U.S. Government
Owner Name: L. V. Tulare, Grants Pass, Ore.
Years: 1958 -
Production
Year: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Avg. 48% Cr2o3
Year: 1945
Time Period: World War Ii
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 44.6% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1942
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: POD
Form: POD
Structure
Type: L
Description: A System Of Faults, Striking N 72 E Disect The Main Ore Body.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Dunite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): PARTLY WITHIN CHALLIS NATIONAL FOREST. QUADRANGLE GIVEN IS FOR UTM AND LAT/LONG LOCATION; SEVERAL OTHER QUADRANGLES COVER AREA OF JASPEROIDS. LOCATION GIVEN IS HIGHEST POINT ON LESLIE BUTTE
Comment (Deposit): THESE JASPEROIDS ARE SIMILAR TO OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN U.S. THAT ARE HOST TO PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS
Comment (Geology): PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE CONTAINS MANY FORMATIONS WHICH ARE NAMED IN SOULLIERE AND OTHERS (1988)
Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED AT THE HEAD OF THE CANYON, ALONG THE WEST FORK OF PATRICK'S CREEK
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF A CAVED ADIT AND AN OPEN CUT (1946)
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A PERIDOTITE BODY LOCATED IN NW CALIF., NEAR THE OREGON BORDER.
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, PP 43-45
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