The Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific is a mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.1619, -122.52810
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Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific
Secondary: Railroad Mine/Railroad Lease
Secondary: Railroad Lease
Secondary: Section Two
Secondary: Keno Compagnie Francise
Secondary: Joe Sturdivant
Secondary: Southern Pacific Railroad Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
District: Crow Creek District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Southern Pacific Railroad
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Wild, A. H.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Jacobsite
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Ownership): A.H. WILD OPERATED MINE IN 1942.
Comment (Production): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE RAILROAD LEASE THROUGH 1944 WAS 1,693 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE ORE, 1,058 LONG TONS OF THAT TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS DURING WW2. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): 37TH REPT STATE MINERALOGIST,1941,CAL ST MIN BUR,P25
Reference (Deposit): WELLS,F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDM AND G BULL 134, PT 1,
Reference (Deposit): CHAP 3, P177.
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