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High Point Mine

Occurrence in Glenn 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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030498
MRDS ID M008649
Record type Site
Current site name High Point Mine
Related records 10187764

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.58052, 39.7257 (WGS84)
Relative position DESCRIBED AS ON TOP OF A ROUGH BARREN MOUNTAIN, 32 MI. W OF ORLAND. NEWVILLE IS IN SEC. 3, 22N/6W; R. B. MILLSAPS OWNER. NW1/4 NE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Willows(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Glenn

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 022N 006W 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.58052, 39.7257
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY STRIKES N AND DIPS 60 DEG. W. AVERAGED LESS THAN 40% CR2O3. POSSIBLY 1500 TONS OF ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Newville

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Millsaps

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47; B. 134, PT. 1, CH. 1, P. 10; B. 179, FIG. 10

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MR-23 AND B. 134, PT. 2, CH.1, FIG. 1 SEEM TO INDICATE THIS DEPOSIT IN SECS. 5 OR 6, 22N/6W, BUT THIS IS ONLY 21 MI. FROM ORLAND (24 BY ROAD) AND IS NOT IN SERPENTINE. SEC. 31, 22N/6W IS ABOUT 32 MI. FROM ORLAND BY ROAD. B. 179 DOES NOT SHOW CHROMITE IN SECS. 5 OR 6; V. 48, NO. 1, P. 47, SHOWS SEC. 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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