Mine detail: Tedoc Group

Previously called 'Dead Pine and Mountain View Claims'

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Location: Tehama County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.24124, -122.9011
dep_id: 10098551
mrds_id: M100231
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Chromium
Trace mineral: Ruthenium, Platinum, Iridium, Rhodium, Palladium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chromite
orebody_fm: MASSIVE LENSES
model: 15: Podiform chromite (minor)
alteration: Partial To Complete Serpentinization
conc_proc: Magmatic Segregation
ore_ctrl: Magmatic Segregation
Reporter: Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.), Peterson, Jocelyn A.
hrock_unit: Knoxville Formation
hrock_type: Dunite
arock_unit: Beegum Creek Ultramafic Body
arock_type: Peridotite
tectonic: Klamath Mountains Accreted Terrane - Rattlesnake Creek Terrane
Year first produced: 1917
yr_lst_prd: 1955
References:
  • 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
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