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Cough Group

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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043604
MRDS ID M100397
Record type Site
Current site name Cough Group
Alternate or previous names Claims: Salt Extension, Spice, Pepper

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.99437, 39.87488 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 5 MILES DIRECTLY SW OF QUINCY, CA., Assumed Spot Center Se, Sect. 8.

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 08 SE California

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LAID OUT END TO END ALONG A LINE TRENDING A LITTLE EAST OF NORTH THROUGH CENTRAL PART, SECT. 8.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.99437, 39.87488
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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
Year of first production 1941
Year of last production 1943

Mining district

District name Rock Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Maxwell, George
    First year 1941
    Last year 1943
  • Type Owner
    Owner Myers, F. G.
    Home office Stockton, Ca.
    First year 1943

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVERAL SHALLOW TRENCHES ON THE NO. 3 (PEPPER) CLAIM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYHEARSON, G. A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 292, 293

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 293

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY ORE FOUND IN PLACE WAS ON NO. 3 (PEPPER) CLAIM. FLOAT ORE WAS SCATTERED OVER ALL 3 CLAIMS.

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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