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Gilmore Prospect

Producer in Del Norte 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043429
MRDS ID M100186
Record type Site
Current site name Gilmore Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87809, 41.75149 (WGS84)
Elevation 604
Relative position ASSUMED SPOT AT CENTER OF SECT. 30.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Del Norte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gasquet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Happy Camp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Six Rivers National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Del Norte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 003E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIM IS LOCATED ON THE STEEP SE NOSE OF A RIDGE BELOW GORDON MTN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinized Peridotite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87809, 41.75149
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915

Mining district

District name Gordon Mountain-Fox Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gilmore, W. E.
    First year 1942
    Last year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gilmore, W. E.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN INCLINED CUT TRENDING N55W AND DIPPING 45 SW. THE CUT IS 33 FT. LONG AND IS CAVED 25 FT. FROM SURFACE AT WHICH DEPTH IT IS 5 FT. WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G., CATER, F.W. JR., AND RYNEARSON, G.A., 1946, GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF CHROMITE IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 1, P 61,25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1910'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 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.

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Authoritative California resources

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