Veta Chica

Chromium site, status unknown · Siskiyou County, California

UnknownChromiumSurfaceUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · CHROMIUMBENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE
1925195019752000today

discovered 1939 · first production 1943

Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for chromium. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateCalifornia
CountySiskiyou
Coordinates41.72063, -123.04583

Commodities

PrimaryChromium

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeSurface
First Production1943
Discovery Year1939
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10165686
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Mary Lou Claim0.6 miPast Producer
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