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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 10030579
MRDS ID M008781
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown
Related records 10115083

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -123.61577, 40.68382 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Humboldt(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sims Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(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 Humboldt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Humboldt 004N 005E 04,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -123.61577, 40.68382
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 725, P. 4, FIG. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATIONS DOUBTLESS INCORRECT. REPORTED OCCURRENCES. MAY DEPOSIT IN SEC4 AT LEAST BE LEHMANN DEPOSIT WHICH GILLER SAYS MINED BUT DID NOT SHIP ORE IN 1918. IT IS MORE LIKELY THE HORSE MTN DEPOSIT INCORRECTLY PLOTTED AS CR WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS IN 1918.

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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