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Betwixt, E. Z., and Riverside Claims

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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030628
MRDS ID M008883
Record type Site
Current site name Betwixt, E. Z., and Riverside Claims
Related records 10114846

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -122.43818, 38.86187 (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)

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 012N 005W 30,29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -122.43818, 38.86187
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. B. Smith And P. B. Edwards

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 500 POUNDS OF ORE WAS FOUND IN LOOSE AND BROKEN SERPENTINE ON THE BETWIXT CLAIM; 200 POUNDS OF HIGH-GRADE FLOAT WAS FOUND ON THE E.Z. CLAIM; AND 4 TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE WAS MINED FROM THE RIVERSIDE CLAIM FOR A ROYALTY OF $3 A TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, PT. II, CH. 1, P. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARRY IN NE1/4 SEC. 29 ON TOPO MAP. THE CLAIMS WERE ABANDONED 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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