California · Del Norte County

Mountain View Mine

Unconfirmed Chromium Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts

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Key facts

State: California
County: Del Norte
Development status: Past Producer
Mine type: Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity: Chromium
Verification: Unconfirmed

Also known as

Chrome Hill Mine, High Divide Mine

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

4 shaft symbols

Shaft : High Divide , 1966

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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.

USGS MRDS working type: Underground

MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface, Underground · work_type
MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

Development status: Past Producer

Operators / organizations

Tyson Chrome Mines Ltd-Last Operator · Historical operator · 1976
Ep,Hl, And Kb Hamilton 1975 · Source-reported owner · 1976

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

Chiastolite
Garnierite
Olivine
Pyroxene
Serpentine
Talc

Access & recent conditions

Land: unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

mine identity
development status
commodities
underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6