The Section Sixteen Claim is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 3,051 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,051 Feet (930 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.69556, -123.95417
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Section Sixteen Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section Sixteen Claim
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Little Rattlesnake 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hammond Lumber Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: 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
Physiographic Detail: Siskiyou Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSE, POD
Structure
Type: L
Description: Little Rattlesnake Mtn. Apparently Occupies The Crest Of An Anticline.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Saxonite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE ASSAYED 41.83% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ON TOP OF LITTLE RATTLESNAKE MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Production): 150-1000 LONG TONS WERE PRODUCED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF THREE OPENINGS ALONG A NW LINE. FARTHEST SE ONE A PIT 8 FT. SQUARE. 75 FT. TO THE NW IS A CAVED SHAFT AND 75 FT NW OF THE CAVED SHAFT, AN IRREGULAR DEPRESSION.
Comment (Deposit): ONE POD MAY HAVE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 500 TONS CHROMITE. THIS CLAIM IS ON PATENTED LAND.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 26,67
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