Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific

The Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific is a mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 5,200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific  

State:  California

County:  Trinity

Elevation: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 41.1619, -122.52810

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Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Section 11 Mine/ Southern Pacific
Secondary: Railroad Mine/Railroad Lease
Secondary: Railroad Lease
Secondary: Section Two
Secondary: Keno Compagnie Francise
Secondary: Joe Sturdivant
Secondary: Southern Pacific Railroad Lease


Commodity

Tertiary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron


Location

State: California
County: Trinity
District: Crow Creek District


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Southern Pacific Railroad
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Owner Name: Wild, A. H.
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1918
Discovery Year: 1918
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

Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Jacobsite
Unknown: Serpentine


Comments

Comment (Ownership): A.H. WILD OPERATED MINE IN 1942.

Comment (Production): TOTAL RECORDED PRODUCTION FROM THE RAILROAD LEASE THROUGH 1944 WAS 1,693 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE ORE, 1,058 LONG TONS OF THAT TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS DURING WW2. INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR MATRIX CALCULATIONS.


References

Reference (Deposit): 37TH REPT STATE MINERALOGIST,1941,CAL ST MIN BUR,P25

Reference (Deposit): WELLS,F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDM AND G BULL 134, PT 1,

Reference (Deposit): CHAP 3, P177.


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