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Arrow Point Chrome Mine

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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043520
MRDS ID M100297
Record type Site
Current site name Arrow Point Chrome Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.04943, 40.25791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES SW OF BEEGUM, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Sw 1/4, Sect. 24.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Trinity(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pony Buck Peak(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 028N 011W 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE IS 3 MILES SW OF ROUND MTN. ON THE SE SLOPE OF DARK CANYON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.04943, 40.25791
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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 CO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Discoverer Floyd Sublett, Redding, Ca.

Mining district

District name Forest Glen Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • ONLY DISCOVERY WORK HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVERILL, C.V., 1941, CDMG 37TH REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 37, P. 16, 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF TWO OUTCROPS OF CHROMITE, 2.5 FT IN DIAMETER AND 100 FT APART, THAT FOLLOW A RIDGE IN A NW AND SE DIRECTION. THE WIDTH OF THE OUTCROP SEEMS TO INCREASE WITH DEPTH.

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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