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Pewee Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043500
MRDS ID M100275
Record type Site
Current site name Pewee Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.21222, 40.43068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 8 MILES SW OF PEANUT, CA., Assumed Spot At 3400 Ft On Boundary Of Sects. 21, 22

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dubakella Mountain(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 030N 012W 21;22 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SOUTH CORNER COMMON TO SECTS. 21 AND 22.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD ORE GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.21222, 40.43068
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.22M

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 Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Roy Shiell And William Pratti, Peanut, Ca.

Mining district

District name Forest Glen Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SOME TRENCHING TO 1.5 FT (1918)

Comments on development

  • DISPUTE OVER OWNERSHIP (1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 173, 18

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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