The Big Red Mountain Chrome Mines is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 41.51861, -123.87500
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Big Red Mountain Chrome Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Red Mountain Chrome Mines
Secondary: Claims: Nos. 1
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
District: Red Mountain Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Deleray, Kenneth
Home Office: Crescent City, Ca
Years: 1946 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Physiographic Detail: Siskiyou Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: POD LENSE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Uvarovite
Comments
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS ON CLAIM NO. 1 CONSISTED OF 2 OPEN CUTS, BOTH TRENDING N80W. THE LARGER WAS 25 FT. LONG, 10FT. WIDE, 7FT. DEEP; SMALLER CUT WAS 10FT. LONG, 6FT WIDE AND 4 FT. DEEP. CLAIM NO. 2 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF ONE PIT 10FT. LONG, 6FT. WIDE, 5FT. DEEP. CLAIM NO. 3 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF 2 PITS, ONE 30FT. LONG, 10FT. WIDE, 6FT. DEEP AND THE OTHER 15FT. LONG, 8FT WIDE AND 6 FT DEEP. (AUGUST, 1944)
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 4 LONG TONS OF ORE STACKED ON DUMPS OF NO. 1 CLAIM, LESS THAN 1 TON ON NO. 2 CLAIM AND APPROXIMATELY 3.5 TONS ON NO. 3 CLAIM.
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY OF CLAIM NO. 1 AND 2 TRENDED APPROXIMATELY N80W. ORE BODYOF CLAIM NO. 3 WAS A 6 IN. LENSE THAT HAD A STRIKE OF N50W AND DIP OF 50NE.
Comment (Development): IN 1918, THE BIG RED MOUNTAIN CHROME MINES, OWNED AND OPERATED BY CHARLES BREWER, HELD 20 CLAIMS IN SECTS. 13, 24 T.13N, R.2E AND SECT. 19 OF T.13N, R.3E.
Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE
Comment (Production): LESS THAN 150 LONG TONS OF ORE PRODUCED
Comment (Geology): CHROMITE IS USUALLY FOUND ENCASED IN SHELLS OF DUNITE UP TO 4FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): WELLS, F.G. CATER , F.W. JR., RYNEARSON G.A. 1946 GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 71, 40
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