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Butler 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 10030635
MRDS ID M008896
Record type Site
Current site name Butler Claims
Related records 10236000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.48107, 38.70388 (WGS84)
Relative position PROBABLY IN SEC. 24.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aetna Springs(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 010N 006W 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE-LONGITUDE determined using PLS and GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. E. And Theresa Butler

Comments on the production information

  • A TOTAL OF 16 TONS OF ORE FROM THE 2 CLAIMS WAS MINED. ORE AVERAGED 48 TO 50%.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, 8-FT. TRENCH AND 18-FT. INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, PT. II, CH. 1, PP. 10-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERPENTINE IS EXPOSED IN SEC. 24. ALSO CR IN SEC. 24 REPORTED, IN NAPA CO.

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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