The Kleinsorge Group is a chromium mine located in Tehama county, California.
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Mine Info
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Kleinsorge Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kleinsorge Group
Secondary: Mines: Angora
Secondary: Black Beauty
Secondary: Climax
Secondary: Milton
Secondary: Trilby
Secondary: Two Mines With Unknown Names.
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Tehama
District: Elder Creek Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. E. Kleinsorge,
Home Office: Sacramento, Ca.
Years: 1965 -
Production
Year: 1918
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Avg. 50% Cr2o3
Year: 1917
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Massive Ore Avg. 42% Cr2o3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1917
Year Last Production: 1957
Discovery Year: 1916
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: POD
Form: POD
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Serpentinite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 10.8-12.6% FE
Analytical Data: CR TO FE RATIO 2.6-2.7 TO 1
Analytical Data: 42.3-47.4% CR2O3
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE GROUP IS LOCATED NEAR THE NORTH END OF THE ELDER CREEK MASS, A LONG FAULT BOUNDED N-S TRENDING ULTRAMAFIC BODY THAT IS EXPOSED OVER AN AREA APPROX. 120 KM BY 4 KM.
Comment (Location): THREE MINES ALSO LOCATED IN 52, SECT. 27. GROUP OF MINES LOCATED IN STEEP RAVINE OF THE MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CREEK.
Comment (Deposit): ALL MINES LOCATED ON PATENTED GROUND. DISSEMINATED CHROMITE FOUND IN ZONE OF SERPENTINE APPROX. 1/4 MILE WIDE AND TWO MILES LONG ALONG A RIDGE AT THE HEAD OF MIDDLE FORK OF ELDER CK.
Comment (Commodity): ANALYSES OF CHROMITE SHIPPED TO G.S.A. STOCKPILE, GRANTS PASS, ORE., 1952-1957.
References
Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 13.4, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 160.
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159-162, 14
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