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Spring Hill Occurrence

Occurrence in Nevada 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. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031762
MRDS ID M011200
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Hill Occurrence
Related records 10261638

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0427, 39.22767 (WGS84)
Elevation 805
Relative position S1/2 SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grass Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yuba City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 008E 23 S2 OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.0427, 39.22767
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Nevada City - Grass Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Weil?
  • Type Owner
    Owner Spring Hill Gold Mines

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 10 LONG TONS OF CHROMITE WAS MINED DURING WWI ON THIS PROPERTY. IT WAS REPORTED A MR. WOIL SOLD 10 LONG TONS OF ORE CONTAINING 56.68 PERCENT CR2O3 IN 1917 FROM A DEPOSIT IN THIS VICINITY AND IT IS LIKELY IT CAME FROM THIS SITE. A LITTLE PROSPECTING WAS DONE ON THE PROPERTY IN 1940 BUT VERY LITTLE CHROMITE WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 134, PT. III, CHAP. 5, P. 245, PL. 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1982 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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