Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine

The Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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

Name: Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine  

State:  California

County:  Del Norte

Elevation: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 41.75806, -122.87833

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Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sunrise #1 and 2 Mine


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Gordon Mtn. - Fox Ridge Area


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: H. Beasley, Tokilma, Ore., And L. V. And Ev. Tulare Of Grants Pass, Ore. (Sunrise #2,


Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1941-1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^50.5% Cr2o3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1958
Discovery Year: 1915
Discovery Method: Unknown
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

Form: LENSE

Form: LENSE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Serpentinization Of Dunite


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE: 46.98% CR2O3, CR TO FE RATIO 2.63 TO 1.


Materials

Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): CDMG MINERAL PROP. REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comment (Location): WORKINGS LIE ON E. SLOPE OF A SOUTH TRENDING RIDGE OF GORDON MTN.

Comment (Production): STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS, 1944, CONSISTED OF TWO ADITS AND A BENCH CUT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: WW1

Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PORIDOTITE BELT, THE JOSEPHINE MASS, THAT EXTENDS APPROX. 50 MILES N. INTO ORE AND 18 MI. S. INTO DEL NORTE COUNTY.


References

Reference (Production): 147 LT MILLING ORE PRODUCED 1952-1958

Reference (Deposit): STINSON, M. C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.

Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F. G., ET. AL., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P 60-61.


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