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Bay Cities Water Co.

Occurrence in Santa Clara 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043404
MRDS ID M100152
Record type Site
Current site name Bay Cities Water Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.70158, 37.21992 (WGS84)
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF S 1/2 SECT. 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santa Clara(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morgan Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Jose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Santa Clara

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 002E 24 S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES UP TO 45% CR2O3.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.70158, 37.21992
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN A NARROW, ATTENUATED MASS OF SERPENTINE THAT EXTENDS 18 MILES ALONG THE EASTERN FOOTHILLS, FROM MORGAN HILL NORTHWARD TO SAN JOSE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of last production 1920

Comments on the production information

  • LESS THAN 150 LONG TONS OF ORE PRODUCED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALKER, G.W. AND GRIGGS, A.B., 1953, GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART II, CHAPT. 2, P. 71,72,87

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1981 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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