The Chrome King is a chromium mine located in Glenn county, California.
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Mine Info
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Chrome King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chrome King
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Glenn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bickford, A. R.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTED SHIPPED 1 CARLOAD 45% CHROME ORE DURING 1914-18. ABOUT 2 TONS OF ORE OF SHIPPING GRADE ON THE DUMP.
Comment (Workings): CIRCULAR PIT, 10' IN DIAM. AND 8' DEEP; OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL, DRIFT. F.M. MAESTTRETTI AND ANDERSON BROS & GUY PYE WORKED THIS MINE 1952-57? (USBM)
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. LENSES OF CHROMITE IN SERPENTINE. SINCE INSPECTION IN SEPTEMBER, 1943, AN ADDITIONAL LENS OF CHROME ORE OF GOOD GRADE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND. CHROME KING WAS DESCRIBED IN V.39, NO.4,P557. LETTER FROM LAND OFFICE, SACRAMENTO, SAYS CHAS. JAMESON HOMESTEAD WAS IN SECS. 17, 18, 19, 20 AND 21, T. 19N., R. 6 W. SO. CHROME KING WAS IN SEC. 19, 19N/6W.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 39, NO. 4, P. 557; V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47
Reference (Deposit): MF-279
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