Portuguese Gulch

Chromium site, status unknown · Siskiyou County, California

UnknownChromiumSurface-UndergroundUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
SHAFTORE · CHROMIUMLEVELSHEADFRAMESECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as a mine worked both from the surface and underground. 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
Coordinates41.85483, -122.77612

Commodities

PrimaryChromium

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeSurface-Underground
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10238543
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