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Round Bottom Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043462
MRDS ID M100229
Record type Site
Current site name Round Bottom Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.99416, 40.30568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1027
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 65 MILES WEST OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Se Quarter Sect. 4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tehama(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Platina(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

Shasta-Trinity 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 Tehama

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028N 010W 04 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.99416, 40.30568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE OCCURRENCE IS AT THE SOUTH END OF BEEGUM CREEK BODY, A LONG IRREGULARLY EXPOSED ULTRAMAFIC BELT THAT TRENDS NW FROM LITTLE RED MTN. INTO TRINITY COUNTY. AROUND LITTLE RED MTN., THE EXPOSED ULTRAMAFIC ROCK IS 3-4 KM WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Little Red Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Woodrum, Donald
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pierson, Dave And John
    First year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

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

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