Mine detail: Tedoc Group

Previously called 'Dead Pine and Mountain View Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.24124, -122.9011

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Tertiary:	Ruthenium, Platinum, Iridium, Rhodium, Palladium
Ore:	Chromite
Orebody form:	MASSIVE LENSES

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1917
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Knoxville Formation
Host type:	Dunite
Associated rock:	Beegum Creek Ultramafic Body
Associated type:	Peridotite
Tectonic:	Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Rattlesnake Creek Terrane
Alteration processes:	Partial To Complete Serpentinization

References

MRDS	M100231
DEP	10098551
Reference	{Deposit:: WELLS, F.G., AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 134, PT. 1, CH. 3, P. 159-163, 168.}{Deposit:: CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.}{Deposit:: BRADLEY, W.W., HUGUENIN, EMILE, LOGAN, C.A., TUCKER, W.B., AND WARING, C.A., 1918, MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN 76, P. 208-209.}{Production:: WELLS AND HAWKES, 1965}
Reporter	Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.