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High Plateau Browns

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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029757
MRDS ID M007519
Record type Site
Current site name High Plateau Browns
Related records 10162637

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.95422, 41.92315 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Plateau 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 018N 002E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.95422, 41.92315
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eugene Brown

Comments on the production information

  • PROPERTY HAD RECORDED PRODUCTION OF 13,180 LONG TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 50 TO 55 PERCENT CR2O3 WITH A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.94 TO 3.74 UP TO AUGUST, 1945. MINE RE-OPENED IN JULY 1951 AND 2,000 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED UP TO OCTOBER, 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, WINZES, ETC.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT. 1952, PP. 272-3,, 289

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, PP. 33-37

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI. 5172, P. 3-4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL GOOD BLOCKS OF ORE REMAINING IN SIGHT. FOUR CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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