The Sunshine Mine is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 3,652 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: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 40.22667, -122.96361
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Sunshine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Mine
Secondary: Little Red Mountain Group
Secondary: Red Mountain No. 3
Secondary: Pine Grove
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
District: Little Red Mountain 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
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1925
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: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MASSIVE ORE: 49.3% CR2O3 WITH CR TO FE RATIO 2.7 TO
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): THE SUNSHINE MINE OCCURS AT THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, A LONG, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED SERPENTINE BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MTN. INTO TRINITY COUNTY.
Comment (Location): WORKINGS LOCATED ON A SHALLOW NW FACING SLOPE APPROX. 450 M N10W OF LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN SUMMIT.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT AND AN ADIT. (1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163.
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