Mountain View Mines

The Mountain View Mines is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,388 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

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Site Name

Primary: Mountain View Mines
Secondary: High Divide Mine
Secondary: Tyson

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Wimer Road 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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Hamilton, E. P., H. L., And K. B.
Home Office: Crescent City, Ca.
Years: 1975 -

Owner Name: Tyson Chrome Mines, Ltd.
Years: 1954 -

Production

Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^41.15-43.79% Cr2o3

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Year Last Production: 1955
Discovery Method: 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

Form: POD

Structure

Type: L
Description: Long Axis Of Dunite Masses Containing Ore Bodies Consistently Strike N 45-55 W With Nw Plunge Of 20-35%.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of The Saxonite And Dunite

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Production): DURING PERIOD OF 1869-1889, 1500 TO 2000 TONS PRODUCED ANNUALLY.

Comment (Development): A CONCENTRATING MILL HAS BUILT IN 1952.

Comment (Deposit): THREE PATENTED CLAIMS

Comment (Workings): PRE-1950 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A SHAFT, SEVERAL DRIFTS AND TWO LEVELS. 1950'S WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN PIT AND THREE ADDITIONAL SHAFTS.

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BELT, THE JOSEPHINE MASS, THAT EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 50 MI NINTO OREGON AND 18 MI S INTO DELNORTE COUNTY

References

Reference (Production): STINSON, 1975 CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT UNPUBLISHED

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G., CATER, F. A. AND RYNEARSON, G. A., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CALIF., CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 20-31.

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