Rolph Ranch

Occurrence in Nevada county in California, United States with commodity Asbestos
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031795
MRDS ID M011433
Record type Site
Current site name Rolph Ranch
Related records 10261393

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97492, 39.121 (WGS84)
Relative position THE ROLPH RANCH IS REPORTED TO BE LOCATED IN THE N1/2 OF SEC. 28, ACCORDING TO D.O.M. BULL. 134, PART III, CHAP. 5, P. 304, CHROMITE. SAID TO BE NEAR CHICAGO PARK WHICH IS IN 15-15/9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nevada(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colfax(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(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)

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 Nevada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015N 009E 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97492, 39.121

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37 NO. 3, JULY 1941, P. 378

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.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.