Mines in Tehama County, California

Tehama County, California has 188 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 52 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is chromium, with 67 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Tehama County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
H.l. Rodney	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pine Creek Rock	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Thomes Creek Rock Co Inc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Valley Rock Products - Red Bluff Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Al' Bon's Crusher	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Black Butte Pit	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Brickyard Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Butte Meadows Quarry	Pumice	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Carmichael Rock Quarry	Stone	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Chase Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Clement Avenue Gravel Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cottonwood Creek Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cottonwood Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dibble Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Doyle Pit #17	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Eaton Pit #100	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Fox's Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grau Mine	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Graves Pit #23	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Heitman Dibble Creek Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hooker Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Hooker Creek Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hooker Creek Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kerling Pit #35	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kleinsorge	Chromium	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Latten Pit and Mil	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mill Gulch Area	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Nicol Pit #103	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Nicol Pit #88	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Noble Electric Steel Group	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Old Noble Electric Steel	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Old Red Bluff Rock Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Paskenta Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Payne Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Peach Buela A	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Piedmont Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Red Bank Creed Site	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Red Bank Creek	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Red Bank Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Red Bluff Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Richfield Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Salt Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
T. H. R. Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thomas Creek Extraction	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thomas Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thomas I-5 Gravel Operations	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Thomes Creek Gravel Bar	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Trinity River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Twin Cedars Buela A	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Vina Quarry and Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
West Pit of Grau Mine	Chromium		Producer	MRDS
Williams Property	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Basaler	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Basler	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear Cat	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bear Cat Occurrence	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Beegum	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Beegum Iron Deposit	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Beegum Nos. 3, 4, and 5	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Beegum Nos. 6, 7, and 8	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Bear Chrome	Chromium		Prospect	MRDS
Big Bear Occurrence	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Black Jack	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bland	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bland Occurrence	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowers Creek	Gold	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Bumble Bee	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Bumble Bee Occurrence	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Cadillac Prospect	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Calaveri-Thurston	Manganese		Unknown	MRDS
Calif and Massachusetts Copper Mine	Copper	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
California and Massachusetts Copper Mine			Occurrence	MRDS
Cavaleri			Occurrence	MRDS
Cavaleri Prospect			Prospect	MRDS
Comet and Arasta	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Cottonwood Creek Sand & Gravel	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dan Smith Adit	Gold	Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Deer Creek Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Diamond Mobile Crushing	Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Draper and Adams	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Ehorn Group	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
El Soledad	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Elder Creek Group			Occurrence	MRDS
Elder Creek Group	Copper	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Elva Manganese Mine			Occurrence	MRDS
Elva Mine			Prospect	MRDS
Endicott Rock Sand and Gravel	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Evans	Gold	Placer	Past Producer	MRDS
Fredrickson and Westbrook	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Grau Mine	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Grau Mine	Chromium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Halley			Occurrence	MRDS
Hill Mine	Chromium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Joe Arnol Prospect	Gold	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Kestner and Thompson	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Kleinsorge	Chromium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Kleinsorge Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Kostner and Thompson	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Lassen Peak Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Little Red Mountain Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Red Mountain Group	Chromium	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Live Oak	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Lockwood	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Lockwood Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Logan Claim			Occurrence	MRDS
Logan Claim		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Long Ranch Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Manganese King Mine			Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese King Mine		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Manganese Peak	Manganese	Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Peak Group			Occurrence	MRDS
McArthur Occurrence	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
McLaughlin and Appiquart	Chromium		Prospect	MRDS
Midland Co.	Gold	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mill Gulch, North Elder Creek Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Mn Peak		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Mogul	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Moore and Robinson	Chromium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Morgan Springs	Geothermal	Well	Unknown	MRDS
Name Unknown	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Noble Electric Steel Co. Mine	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Noble Electric and Steel Co	Chromium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
North Elder Creek Chromite Deposits	Chromium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Elder Creek Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
O'Connor Bros.	Clay		Prospect	MRDS
Occidental Mine Lot 37	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Occurrence	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Old Noble Electric Steel Company	Chromium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ore Basin and Valley View	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Portable Screen Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Panther and Utah	Chromium		Prospect	MRDS
Pattymocus	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Paynes Creek Quarry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Peach Buela A	Chromium	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Perine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Pine Tree Mine	Chromium		Prospect	MRDS
Platina	Gold		Unknown	MRDS
Pole Corral	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Prospect McArthur	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Redbird	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Reported Occurrence	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Reported Occurrence	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Reported Occurrences	Gold	Placer	Unknown	MRDS
Round Bottom	Chromium	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Round Bottom Occurrence	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Snowshoe	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
State Lease Occurrence	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Sunshine Mine	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Tedoc Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Tedoe	Chromium	Surface	Unknown	MRDS
Tehama Claims	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
Tehama Claims		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Tehama Dredging Co.	Gold	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
The Halley	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Three Point Buck	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Tom Head			Occurrence	MRDS
Tom Head	Copper	Surface-Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Toms Head Chrome	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Toms Head Mine	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Turner Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Tuscan Spring	Geothermal	Well	Unknown	MRDS
Tuscan Springs	Boron-Borates		Occurrence	MRDS
Twin Cedars Buela A	Chromium	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Uncle Sam	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Uncle Sam	Copper	Underground	Unknown	MRDS
Unidentified Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unidentified Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Unidentified Quarry	Stone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unidentified Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Location	Platinum		Occurrence	MRDS
Utah Chrome Co. Mine	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS
Vina Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Vende	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Verde	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
West Pit of Grau Mine	Chromium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
White Bluff			Occurrence	MRDS
Zachary Group	Chromium		Past Producer	MRDS