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Liberty Bond Claim

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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028485
MRDS ID M005471
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Bond Claim
Related records 10207744

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.44438, 39.7732 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw, 08

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulga(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)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 005E 08 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.44438, 39.7732
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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 Big Bar Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. C. Akin
    First year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • MINED ABT. 33 LONG T. OF ORE CONTAINING 28%CR2O3 IN 1918

Comments on development

  • APPROX. 33 LT ORE CONTAINING 28 % CR2O3 WAS MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED IN 1918.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B.134 III,CHAPTER 5(1953)P.278

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 21

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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