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Riverside Chrome Purcell-Griffin

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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030876
MRDS ID M009344
Record type Site
Current site name Riverside Chrome Purcell-Griffin
Related records 10163960

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.19793, 37.6602 (WGS84)
Relative position NE1/4 (3 1/2 MI. SO. OF COULTERVILLE.)

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003S 016E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.19793, 37.6602
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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 Alfred W. Stickney (T. C. Purcell In
    Last year 1918

Comments on the production information

  • PURCELL SHIPPED 32 LONG TONS OF ORE IN 1918. NO ORE REMAINED IN SIGHT AND IT WAS ASSUMED THE DEPOSIT WAS EXHAUSTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 15 FT. LONG AND 8 FT. DEEP, AT THE END OF WHICH IS A PIT 4 FT. BY 6 FT., 10 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, JUNE, 1948, P. 15

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PROPERTY IS ON OR ADJACENT TO THE ADELAIDE GOLD MINE, A PATENTED PROPERTY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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