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Mcarthur Occurrence

Past Producer in Tehama 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043457
MRDS ID M100224
Record type Site
Current site name Mcarthur Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.8636, 40.25874 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 65 MILES W. OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Se Quarter Sect. 22

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beegum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Red Bluff(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 009W 22 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.8636, 40.25874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PROSPECT OCCURS AT THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, ALONG, IRREGULARLY EXPOSED SERPENTINE BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MTN. INTO TRINITY CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Red Mountain Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 159, 160, 163

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 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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