Uvarovite Claim

Past Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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 10043590
MRDS ID M100378
Record type Site
Current site name Uvarovite Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.79853, 39.23378 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Se, 24

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutch Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tahoe 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 Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016N 010E 24 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.79853, 39.23378

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1918

Mining district

District name Dutch Flat Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. Kempster And R. E. Linder
    First year 1918

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL (1918)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 202, 204, 313

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 202, 204

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-83 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.

Authoritative California resources

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