Liberty Chrome Mine

Occurrence in Colusa county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043392
MRDS ID M100134
Record type Site
Current site name Liberty Chrome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.52664, 39.40737 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Approximate Location Put At Center Of T18n, R6w.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Glenn(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stonyford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ukiah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stony(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Colusa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 018N 006W California

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.52664, 39.40737

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wesley Bradley, Stonyford
    First year 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOW, D.H. AND THAYER, T.P., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 2, CHAPT. 1, P 8,9,30.

  • Deposit

    LOGAN, C.A., 1918, CHROMIUM, IN BRADLEY, W.W., AND OTHERS, MANGANESE AND CHROMIUM IN CALIF.: CALIF STATE MINING BUREAU BULLETIN NO. 76, P. 123,124,127.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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