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Miller Deposit

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028491
MRDS ID M005480
Record type Site
Current site name Miller Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mountain of Chrome Claims ?, War Eagle Mine, Clarkchrome Mine W. W. I
Related records 10114039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.46188, 39.72849 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Se Of Sw, 30, Assumed Spot Center Se Of Sw, 30

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Berry Creek(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;022N 005E;005E 30;;30 SE OF SW OF SW OF SE California

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY LOCATED ON E. SIDE OF N. FORK FEATHER RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.46188, 39.72849
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer J. A. Clark, Yankee Hill, Ca

Mining district

District name Big Bar Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. M. Krumlauf
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Miller (1945 )

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHALLOW TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES R.I. 5172, P. 1-2

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PAC. CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NO. CALIF., V. 2, P. 21

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SMALL LENSES.
Deposit MILLER DEPOSIT ADJACENT TO THE WAR EAGLE (M100624). SEE THE WAR EAGLE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: W. W. 1

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

Beyond USGS

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