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Sect. 36 Deposit

Past Producer in Plumas 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 10043599
MRDS ID M100391
Record type Site
Current site name Sect. 36 Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.0316, 39.90266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Ne, Sect. 36

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas 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 Plumas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024N 008E 36 NE California

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY LOCATED IN NE CORNER, SECT. 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.0316, 39.90266
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Meadow Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Maxwell, George
    First year 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEALSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 292, 315

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 292, 315.

Reporter information

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

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