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George Whiston

Occurrence 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029740
MRDS ID M007494
Record type Site
Current site name George Whiston
Related records 10114358

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.99432, 41.7367 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

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 016N 002E 30,31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.99432, 41.7367
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • CHROME ASSAYING 48% TO 51% REPORTED. NO ESTIMATE OF TONNAGE GIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MANUAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND WAR MINERALS OF THE COUNTIES OF ALTA (NORTHERN) CALIFORNIA, SEPT. 1944, P. 33

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-72 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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