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Soldier's Well McClendon

Producer in Del Norte 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029730
MRDS ID M007479
Record type Site
Current site name Soldier's Well McClendon
Related records 10163175

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.97337, 41.68982 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canthook Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers 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 Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 015N 002E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.97337, 41.68982
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Mcclendon And Arthur Deleray

Comments on the production information

  • THREE LENSES MINED DURING WORLD WAR I. ABOUT 70 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1944. PROPERTY IDLE IN 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT TO A DEPTH OF 40 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, P. 275, 292

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 69, PL. 1

Reporter information

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

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