The Low Divide Mine is a mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 1,280 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: 1,280 Feet (390 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 41.9225, -124.03360
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Low Divide Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Low Divide Mine
Secondary: Howdy Creek
Secondary: Copper Creek Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Low Divide Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Other
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Simonson Logging Co (Last Shipper)
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Hamilton,Ep,Hl,And Kb
Percent: 100.0
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: 1881
Discovery Year: 1880
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: Magnesite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 3140 LONG TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 43 PER CENT CR2O3,CR/FE=2.56 IPPED. KNOWN PODS OF CHROMITE AT THIS MINE ARE REPORTEDLY WO T NEARBY CUT AND ADIT(UNNAMED) VISITED 23 OCT 1975 INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR RESOURCE CALCULATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS F G, ET AL,CAL DIV MINES BULL 134,PT 1,CH 1,PP 27-28 1
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY W W ET AL,CAL ST MIN BUR BULL 76,CR&MN IN CAL,P 125-
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