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Allen Property Johnson Lease

Producer in Amador county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028079
MRDS ID M004878
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Property Johnson Lease
Related records 10211135

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.87269, 38.35046 (WGS84)
Relative position LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE N. OF IONE-JACKSON HIGHWAY, VERY NEAR THE LINE BETWEEN SECS. 27 AND 28

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Amador(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Mokelumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Amador

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006N 010E 27,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Allen
    First year 1953

Comments on the production information

  • THERE IS A RECORDED PRODUCTION OF 63 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE. LEASED BY C. B. JOHNSON DURING WWI, WHO MINED ABOUT 20 TONS OF ORE. PROPERTY IS SAID TO BE WORKED OUT, ALTHOUGH SOME ORE IS EXPOSED IN THE BOTTOMS OF THE WORKINGS

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS 12, AND 30 FT. DEEP, AND A SHALLOW CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 2, P.55

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 50, NO. 1, JAN. 1954, P.234, PL. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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