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Reed Property

Occurrence in Mariposa 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030838
MRDS ID M009289
Record type Site
Current site name Reed Property
Related records 10139009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.21627, 37.7277 (WGS84)
Relative position SW1/4 (ON BLACKS CREEK). REFERENCE MATERIAL SHOWS LOCATION AS SW1/4 SEC. 27 BUT BLACKS CREEK RUNS THROUGH SW1/4 OF SEC. 28 (USGS QUAD. COULTERVILLE, CALIF. 1949)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coulterville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakdale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 002S 016E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.21627, 37.7277
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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 Lautenschlager, Walter J.

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1918, ABOUT 600 POUNDS OF MEDIUM-GRADE CHROMITE HAD BEEN MINED AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS IN SIGHT IN THE CUT.

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW TRENCHES AND A SMALL OPEN CUT ABOUT 4 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 61, 223

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. III, JUNE, 1948, P. 14

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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