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Smythe Or Herman Prospect

Occurrence in Lake 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030624
MRDS ID M008876
Record type Site
Current site name Smythe Or Herman Prospect
Related records 10139300

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.4205, 38.77377 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jericho Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011N 005W 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.4205, 38.77377
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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

  • DEVELOPMENT RETARDED BY A DISPUTE OVER OWNERSHIP IN 1918, AND NO ORE IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. IN 1942 IT WAS REPORTED THAT 4SMALL ORE BODIES APPARENTLY HAD BEEN MINED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, PT. II, CH. 1, P. 16

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 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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