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Stanton Chrome, Stanton Chrome Extension Claims

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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043509
MRDS ID M100285
Record type Site
Current site name Stanton Chrome, Stanton Chrome Extension Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.45084, 40.70651 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 8 MILES N. OF HYAMPOM, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of S 1/2, Sect. 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hyampom Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hayfork(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
Humboldt 004N 006E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ELTAPOM CREEK

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) -123.45084, 40.70651
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

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 COUNTY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eltapom And Hyampom Creeks Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. H. Matson, W. N. Trimball And Bert Ward
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stanton, Mrs. W. P.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F.G. AND HAWKES, H.E., 1965, CDMG BULL 134, PART 1, CHAPT. 3, P. 174, 179, 180

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MAIN ORE BODY IS NOW SCATTERED FOR 200-300 YARDS DOWN SLOPE (1943).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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