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Taylor Property

Occurrence in Butte 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028430
MRDS ID M005386
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Property
Alternate or previous names The Gray Boy Deposit W. W. 1
Related records 10211361

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.56634, 39.70126 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Se, 06

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherokee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 021N 004E 06 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.56634, 39.70126
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yankee Hill Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George Taylor
    First year 1918

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1918
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 8 wt-pct Chromium Major 1918

Comments on development

  • WESTERN ORES CO. MOVED ITS MILL FROM HENDRICKS NO.2 PROPERTY (M005385) TO THE TAYLOR PROPERTY IN LATE 1918. SOME CONCENTRATE MADE FROM ORE BUT NEITHER AMT. MADE OR SHIPPED UNKNOWN. A FEW TONS CON. ON PROPERTY (1942)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 281

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 23 & MAP 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RESERVES ESTIMATED TO BE 200 TO 400 TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 8 TO 15 PERCENT CR2O3 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-83 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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