Simas Ranch

Chromium site, status unknown · Siskiyou County, California

UnknownChromiumSurfaceUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · CHROMIUMBENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

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
Coordinates41.60844, -122.73752

Commodities

PrimaryChromium

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeSurface
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10262864
This siteNearby records

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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
Simas Ranch0.5 miChromiumUnknown
Unidentified Workings0.7 miChromiumUnknown
Simas Ranch1.2 miChromiumOccurrence
Moffett Creek1.4 miChromiumUnknown
Costello1.4 miChromiumUnknown
Lambert Claim1.5 miPast Producer
Peg Leg Mine1.5 miChromiumPast Producer
Unnamed Location near Fort Jones, CA1.6 miSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
F W Cramer1.8 miChromiumOccurrence
Big Buckhorn1.8 miChromiumUnknown
Allison2.0 miChromiumProducer
Moffett Creek Northern Claims2.0 miChromiumPast Producer

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