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Occurrence in Humboldt 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030571
MRDS ID M008770
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.86485, 40.69884 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mad River Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mad-Redwood(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 011N 004E 25,26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.86485, 40.69884
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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

  • REPORTED OCCURRENCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EC. MIN. MAP OF CALIF. NO. 3, CHROMITE 1942

  • Deposit

    P.S.F.C. "NATURAL RES. OF NW CALIF." GEOL. MIN. RESOURCES, FIG. 5

  • Deposit

    USGS MR-26

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT SEEMS LIKELY THIS LOCATION IS INCORRECT, THOUGH SHOWN IN SECS. 25 AND 26 IN PSFC REPORT, FIG. 5, AND B. 179, FIG. 10. TWO MINE SYMBOLS ARE SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN UNSURVEYED LAND IN N1/2 PROJ. SEC. 19, 11N/5E. MR-26 SHOWS THEM IN ABOUT SEC. 19, 11N/5E.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 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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