The Chrome Hill Mine is a mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,329 feet.
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Mine Info
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Chrome Hill Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chrome Hill Mine
Secondary: Mountain View Mine
Secondary: High Divide Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: High-Low Divide
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: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Ep,Hl, And Kb Hamilton 1975
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Owner Name: Tyson Chrome Mines Ltd-Last Operator
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Discovery Year: 1869
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: Chiastolite
Unknown: Garnierite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Olivine
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION DONE ON SOUTHWEST WORKINGS. ORE RAN APPROX 44 PER 203,CR/FE=2.6 APPROXIMATELY 8835 LONG TONS LUMP ORE WAS SH MINE VISITED 23 OCT 1975 BY CDMG NO ESTIMATE OF ORE POSSIBLE DUE TO FLOODED WORKINGS CORRECTLY. RECORD 130- COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 5.5% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH {BIN{CONVEY{SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254. MINE COSTS- ACQ.0; EXP.0;DEV.0;-WORK. CAP_32M ;EQUIP._200M
References
Reference (Deposit): CDM&G BULL 134 PT 1 KLAMATH MTNS CHAPT 1 DEL NORTE CO.1946 P
Reference (Deposit): OBRIEN,JC 1952,DEL NORTE ,CAL JOUR MINES&GEOL VOL.48,NO4,PP
Reference (Deposit): CAL DIV OF MINES PROPERTY VISIT REPORT,MTN VIEW MINE 1957 U
Reference (Deposit): 45.4, WFOC.
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