Mine detail: Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine

Previously called 'North Elder Creek Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.02375, -122.65303

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	LENSE
Discovery year:	1882

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1887
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Knoxville
Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Diorite Dike Striking N 12 E And Dipping 80 Se Intrudes Lower Ore Body.
Alteration processes:	Partial To Complete Serpentinization Of Host Rocks.

References

MRDS	M100228
DEP	10043461
Reference	{Deposit:: STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED.}{Deposit:: RYNEARSON, 1946, USGS BULL 945-G, P. 206-207.}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)