The Toms Head Mine is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California at an elevation of 3,901 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: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 40.1775, -122.84194
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Toms Head Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Toms Head Mine
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
District: Toms Head Peak
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: J. E. Heslewood
Years: 1918 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE 32% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): WORKINGS LOCATED ON SLOPES OF TOMS HEAD PEAK APPROX. MIDWAY BETWEEN TEDOC MINE TO THE NORTH AND THE ELDER CREEK MINE TO THE SOUTH.
Comment (Development): 300-400 TONS MINED FROM DEPOSIT AND ARE LYING ON THE DUMP. NO ORE WAS SHIPPED (1918).
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT (1918).
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 162, 168
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