Logan

Occurrence in Del Norte county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10029793
MRDS ID M007566
Record type Site
Current site name Logan
Related records 10138687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.86783, 41.96065 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position AT HEAD OF SOUTH BRANCH OF DIAMOND CREEK. NW1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shelly Creek Ridge(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 003E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.86783, 41.96065

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner George Logan

Comments on the production information

  • NINE TONS OF CHROMITE SHIPPED IN 1943. IDLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 4, OCT.1952, P 289

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART I, CHAP. 1, P. 41

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 995-C, PL. 11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORK WAS DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF THE HARDNESS OF THE ROCK DMEA 2331 IN SECS. 17, 20.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.