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Lone Pine Property

Occurrence in Shasta 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043448
MRDS ID M100213
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pine Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.39832, 41.06541 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 10 MILES SOUTH OF DUNSMUIR, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sw Quarter Sect. 13.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chicken Hawk Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 037N 005W 13 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.39832, 41.06541
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHROMITE IS FOUND IN A LARGE TABLAR SHAPED BODY OF PERIDOTITE WITH AN ANTICLINAL STRUCTURE THAT OCCURRES IN THE NW CORNER OF THE COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Shotgun Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Curtis, E. A.
    First year 1965

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT.3 P. P. 145, 156, 157

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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