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Boyer Group

Past Producer in Trinity 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 10043471
MRDS ID M100239
Record type Site
Current site name Boyer Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: September Morn, July Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.10528, 40.38596 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 70 MILES W. OF RED BLUFF, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Ne 1/4, Sect. 9.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Garberville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Redding(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Trinity(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(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 Trinity

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029N 011W 09 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED ON SLOPE OF SMALL GULCH ON UPPER HAYFORK CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOVE ASSAY OF ORE SHIPPED IN 1942

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 47.56% CR2O3
Result 14.5% FE
Result CR TO FE RATIO 2.24 TO 1.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.10528, 40.38596
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREG
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 60 S

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN ONE OF SEVERAL DIKE LIKE PERIDOTITE BODIES THAT ARE NW TRENDING ACROSS CENTRAL TO SW 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 Upper Hayfork Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dreskthorp, John
    Home office Redding, Ca.
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Boyer, David
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN WORKINGS, ON THE SEPTEMBER MORN CLAIM, CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT THAT LEAD INTO A DRIFT 50 FT. LONG. WORKINGS ON JULY NO. 1 CLAIM CONSISTED OF SOME BULLDOZER CUTS (1943).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G. AND HAWKES, H. E, 1965, CDMG BULL. 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 172, 184

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 172

Reporter information

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

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