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West pit (Grau pit), Grau Mine (Gruu Mine), North Elder Creek group (Joyce Mine; Hill Mine; Noble Electric Steel Company Mine; SW Hill Mine; Elder Creek Mine), Tehama Co., California, USA
Latitude: 40°1'42"N
Longitude: 122°40'18"W
Longitude: 122°40'18"W
Workings (West pit) consisted of a large bench cut 250 feet long; 100 feet wide and 60 feet deep (1975).
Mineral List
| Aragonite | Chromite |
2 entries listed. 2 valid minerals.
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References
California Journal of Mines and Geology (1943) (Report 39): 39(1): 90-92.
California Journal of Mines and Geology (1946): 42(3): 183-195.
Rynearson, Garn Arthur (1946), Chromite deposits of the North Elder Creek area, Tehama County, California: USGS Bulletin 945-G: 191-210.
Wells, F.G. and Hawkes, H.E. (1965) Chromite deposits of Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and Humboldt counties, California. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 3: 130-191.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 83.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 216.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10043458.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Mining property file.
California Journal of Mines and Geology (1946): 42(3): 183-195.
Rynearson, Garn Arthur (1946), Chromite deposits of the North Elder Creek area, Tehama County, California: USGS Bulletin 945-G: 191-210.
Wells, F.G. and Hawkes, H.E. (1965) Chromite deposits of Shasta, Tehama, Trinity and Humboldt counties, California. California Division Mines and Geology Bulletin 134, part 1, chapter 3: 130-191.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 83.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 216.
USGS (2005), Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, loc. file ID #10043458.
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center, Mining property file.
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