The Billy Boy Hawkins, Divide is a chromium mine located in Del Norte county, California.
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Mine Info
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Billy Boy Hawkins, Divide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Billy Boy Hawkins, Divide
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: California
County: Del Norte
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: C. H. Mcclendon
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): BLUEBIRD (HIGH POINT) IN SEC. 29 - POSSIBLY OLD NAME.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS WITH A BULLDOZER.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 500 LONG TONS OF ORE SHIPPED FROM HAWKINS AND ADJOINING FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS IN 1944. ORE SAID TO AVERAGE 38 TO 40 PERCENT CR2O3 AND HAD A CHROMIUIM-IRON RATIO OF 2.2. THREE MEN EMPLOYED IN AUGUST 1945 SHORTLY AFTER WHICH MINE CLOSED AND HAS REMAINED IDLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 269, 285
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