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Big Dipper Camp 7, Bowan

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029767
MRDS ID M007534
Record type Site
Current site name Big Dipper Camp 7, Bowan
Related records 10235469

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.88393, 41.78843 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4. THURSDAY IN SE1/4 NEAR E1/4 COR. 4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(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 003E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.88393, 41.78843
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. H. Bennett And J. K. Remsen

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENTS TOTALING 339 LONG TONS WERE MADE IN 1942 AND 1943. ANALYSIS OF THE ORE SHIPPED IN 1943 GAVE 42.70 TO 43.54 PERCENT CR2O3, AND A CHROMIUM-IRON RATIO OF 2.49 TO 2.62. PROPERTY IDLE SINCE 1943.

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS ALONG A SHEAR ZONE (3)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4 , OCT. 1952, PP. 269, 285

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 58

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME MAGNESITE LENSES UP TO 6 FT. IN LENGTH AND 4 INCHES IN WIDTH CROP OUT 20 FT. NORTH OF THE QUARRY.

Reporter information

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

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