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Major Prospect

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032092
MRDS ID M012287
Record type Site
Current site name Major Prospect
Related records 10115898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97492, 39.0485 (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)

North Fork American(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 014N 009E 21 E2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97492, 39.0485
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHROMITE FLOAT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colfax - New England Mills Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. B. Swares, W. B. Dubois
    First year 1918
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. N. Majors
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SR-67, PL. 1

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF., CHICO SHEET

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF CHROMIT FLOAT. 40 ACRES PATENTED LAND.

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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