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Dickey and Dreisbach Prospect

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028530
MRDS ID M005553
Record type Site
Current site name Dickey and Dreisbach Prospect
Related records 10211237

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.18215, 39.54488 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw, 34

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clipper Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle 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 020N 007E 34 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result APPROX. 35 % CR2O3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.18215, 39.54488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork Of Feather River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. A. Dickey And F. M. Dreisbach

Production statistics

  • Year 1917
    Material ORE CR
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1916 OR 1917 MINED ABOUT 30 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING ABOUT 35 PERCENT CR2O3

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A PIT 10 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE, 10 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES B. 134, III, CHAPTER 5 (1953) P. 284

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, NORTHERN CALIF., V. 2, P. 19

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 284

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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