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Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2

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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043601
MRDS ID M100393
Record type Site
Current site name Cattle Spring Claims Nos. 1, 2
Alternate or previous names Sundown Mining Co. 1943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.97882, 39.87182 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Assumed Spot Center Sw Of Ne, Sect. 9

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Plumas(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Portola(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 023N 009E 09 SW OF NE California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE MAY BE SHOWN ON 15 MINUTE QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. 38.87% CA2O3, 11.68% FE, CR TO FE RATIO 2.28 TO 1.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.97882, 39.87182
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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
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer August Eddelbuttel
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Rock Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Melone, James
    Home office Quincy, Ca
    First year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Patterson, E. V. Spirey
    First year 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^38.87% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 39wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYHEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 296

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT 5, P. 296

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHROMITE MOSTLY FOUND AS FLOAT IN CREEK BOTTOM ON BOTH CLAIMS AND AS CHROMITE SAND IN THE CUTTINGS OF A SERIES OF AUGER HOLES IN AN AREA 18 FT BY 22 FT.

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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