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Wildcat Chrome Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043514
MRDS ID M100290
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Chrome Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.56582, 41.02568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot At Center, Sect. 33

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whisky Bill Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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 037N 006W 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A LARGE PERIDOTITE BODY THAT COVERS APPROX. 300 SQ. MILES OF NE 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 Halls Gulch

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grafton, A. D.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, P. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-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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Authoritative California resources

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