High Plateau Browns

Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10029757
MRDS ID	M007519
Record type	Site
Current site name	High Plateau Browns
Related records	10162637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.95422, 41.92315 (WGS84)
Relative position	NE1/4
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	California	Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Humboldt	018N	002E	28		California

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Chromium	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chromite	Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.95422, 41.92315	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1917

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Eugene Brown

Comments on the production information

PROPERTY HAD RECORDED PRODUCTION OF 13,180 LONG TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 50 TO 55 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.94 TO 3.74 UP TO AUGUST, 1945. MINE RE-OPENED IN JULY 1951 AND 2,000 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED UP TO OCTOBER, 1951.

Comments on the workings information

TWO ADITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, ETC.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M007519

Bibliographic references

Deposit

CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 272-3,, 289
Deposit

D.O.M. BULL 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, PP. 33-37
Deposit

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI. 5172, P. 3-4

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SEVERAL GOOD BLOCKS OF ORE REMAINING IN SIGHT. FOUR CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1972	Gere, W.	U.S. Geological Survey