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Sunrise Claim

Past Producer in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10186939
MRDS ID W023553
MAS/MILS ID 0060150108
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Claim
Alternate or previous names Sunrise No.1&2
Related records 10110642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87945, 41.75792 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
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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 016 N 003 E 19 SESESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Olivine Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Uvarovite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87945, 41.75792
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Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 15S
    Thickness 21M
    Depth to top 0M
    Width 15M
    Length 10M
    Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FOLDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Strike And Dip N60W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Year of first production 1918

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service - Six Rivers National Forest
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lv Tulare And E V Tulare(Last Operators
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976
    Last year 1958

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0060150108
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS W023553 MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS,FG 1946. CAL DIV MINES BULL 134 PT 1, CH 1 PP 60-61

  • Deposit

    OBRIEN JC 1952 CAL JOUR MINES & GEOLOGY VOL 48 P 292

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS ANALYSIS OF HIGH GRADE ORE- 46.98% CR2O3,32.13% CR,12.2 .63 CR/FE,3.03% 5102 .ORE EXPOSEDIN WORKINGS. 200-800 TONS O EMAINS IN PILE -INSUFFICIENT RESOURCE FOR COSTING ANALYSIS BY CDMG IN 1976 GAVE FOLLOWING PERCENTAGES-MASSIVE 2 02.29,CR2O3 49.33,FEO 10.72,TOTAL FE 12.87,AL203 18.89,MGO CR/FE 3.38.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-OCT-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines