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Hepburn Proporty

Past Producer in Placer 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032074
MRDS ID M012244
Record type Site
Current site name Hepburn Proporty
Related records 10261852

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99353, 39.00517 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 009E 05 SW OF SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99353, 39.00517
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SMALL DEPOSIT IN TOPSOIL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colfax - New England Mills Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. C. Hepburn

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SMALL PIT AND SEVERAL TRENCHES FAILED TO UNCOVER ADDITIONAL ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 134, PT. 3, CHAP. 5, P. 229, PL. 13

  • Deposit

    SR-67, PL. 1

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 229

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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