Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine

The Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 1,821 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine
Secondary: North Elder Creek Group

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Tehama
District: Elder Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Not available

Production

Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47% Cr2o3
Year: 1895
Time Period: 1892-1895
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 47% Cr2o3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1887
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Year: 1882
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: LENSE

Structure

Type: L
Description: Diorite Dike Striking N 12 E And Dipping 80 Se Intrudes Lower Ore Body.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Partial To Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rocks.

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.3-2.8 TO 1 (1954)
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATES: 43.6-49.3% CR2O3

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A LARGE OPEN CUT, 3 SMALL OPEN CUTS, AN INCLINED SHAFT FILLED WITH DEBRIS AND A SHORT OPENING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GULCH (1946)

Comment (Geology): THE MINE IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, ALONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROX. 120 KM BY 4 KM. LAND SLIDES AND SLOPE WASH COVER MUCH OF THE GEOLOGY.

Comment (Location): MINE LOCATED ON EAST SLOPE OF THE NORTH COAST RANGES ON THE NORTH BRANCH OF ELDER CREEK.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: EARLY 1880'S

References

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, 1946, USGS BULL 945-G, P. 206-207.

Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

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