Mine detail: High Plateau Mine

Previously called 'Brow* Mine'

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Location: Del Norte County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.92788, -123.95033
dep_id: 10043686
mrds_id: M100586
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
gangue: Magnetite, Uvarovite
orebody_fm: LENSE
alteration: Partial Serpentinization Of Dunite
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.)
hrock_type: Dunite
Year first produced: 1918
yr_lst_prd: 1958
disc_yr: 1917
discr: H.H. Morrell And John Hester
References:
  • Deposit:: STINSON, M.C., 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
  • Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W., JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF DEL NORTE COUNTY, CA.: CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P. 32-35, 37.
  • Production:: STINSON, 1975, CDMG MINERAL PROPERTY REPORT, UNPUBLISHED
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